Bookies braced as massive gamble takes place on FIVE runners from same yard with one horse shortening to 6-4 from 50-1

BOOKIES are fearing the worst after a massive gamble on five horses all from the same yard took place.

Trainer David Jeffreys has seen one of his runners go from 50-1 to just 6-4.

But each one of the horses – spread across the day’s three meetings – has shortened dramatically in price.

Notnow Seamus has gone from 20-1 to 6-4 and is the first of the Gloucester trainer’s runners.

He goes off in the 1.00 at Southwell while Perfect Predator runs in the 2.03 at the same track at 6-5 having been 12-1 yesterday.

Jeffreys has Getaman – 5-4 from 12-1 – in the 3.40 at Kelso, the same race he saddles The Gold Bug, who has been cut to 4-1 from 8-1.

But it is the trainer’s final horse that has seen the biggest surge of market support.

Blood Eagle in the 4.20 at Plumpton has been cut to 6-4 after being a gigantic 50-1.

The five-year-old has run at odds as high as 250-1 in his previous four races for Jeffreys.

And in his most recent contest – at Wetherby on February 17 – he finished last by 158 lengths.

Prior to that he was 15th of 16 at Doncaster in January – beaten by 102 lengths – and 12th of 13 at Hereford in November, where he was beaten by 79 lengths at odds of 200-1.

Incredibly, none of the five horses have finished placed in any of their previous starts for Jeffreys.

More to follow.

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