HE is known for landing a touch or two – but even by Sir Mark Prescott’s standards, this punt on Whatsgoingonmarvin was particularly filthy.
Transformed from a 300-1 no-hoper, punters are now predicting the three-year-old will be ‘odds on for every race’ and win his next four or five after a sensational first triumph.
A tale as old as time…
Whatsgoingonmarvin, up significantly in trip for handicap debut, strikes for Sir Mark Prescott.
He has just the 6⃣ entries later in the week, which suggests connections are ready to strike while the iron is sizzling hot
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In truth, the job on Whatsgoingonmarvin had all the hallmarks of a typical Sir Mark gamble.
Sent off as big as 300-1 in four previous runs, Whatsgoingonmarvin had been kept to 7f and a mile.
He never finished better than sixth and was pumped 23 lengths on his last run over a mile at Kempton before being gelded in November last year.
To many, stepping a horse up to 1m5f after that would seem like madness.
But this is classic Sir Mark.
Having gone off astronomical odds previously, Whatsgoingonmarvin was sent off 100-30 in the Class 5 handicap at Ayr on Monday.
And, ridden by recent Queen Anne winner Paul Mulrennan, there was never a moment’s worry for backers of the £100,000 son of Camelot.
He made virtually all and ran out a ready winner, scooping the £4,123 first-place prize that surely paled in comparison to the punt followers of the horse landed.
Mulrennan was eager not to win by too much, protecting the horse’s mark somewhat for the future.
And it seems Arc de Triomphe-winning Sir Mark – who used to smoke ten cigars a day – has big plans for Whatsgoingonmarvin this weekend.
He is ready to back the horse up on Saturday and bang in another quickfire win.
Whatsgoingonmarvin is entered in four races – the most profitable of which would be the 5.45 at Southwell worth £18,581 to the winner.
That is over 1m4f, but he has entries at Hamilton and Chester over 1m3f, 1m5f and 1m6½ respectively.
Summing up the horse, one punter wrote on X: “Whatsgoingonmarvin a proper Prescott job – that’s gonna win four or five I think.”
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