Fairplay to them

Ever wondered how you could win over £40,000 from the first race of the day in Britain?

One Sky Bet punter pulled off the remarkable achievement on Thursday.

When Fortune And Glory won the 1.50 at Salisbury - the Shadwell Stud Racing Excellence Apprentice Handicap - under William Carver, there could hardly have been a more suitably-named scorer as the five-year-old was bringing up the final leg of an extraordinary bet.

The lucky customer who placed a £2.50 each-way accumulator was waiting on the 7/2 chance to deliver after racking up nine straight winners on the action earlier in the day from meetings in South Africa and India.

The winning wager returned around £43,600 from the £5 staked.

Winning selections:

•Nawabzaado 4/6 (10.30 Mysore)

•Roosevelt 6/4 (11.00 Mysore)

•Kodiac Queen 2/1 (11.30 Mysore)

•Maduro 2/1 (12.00 Mysore)

•Big Blue Marble 4/6 (12.00 Vaal)

•Star Atrium 6/4 (12.30 Mysore)

•Pillaroftheearth 7/2 (12.35 Vaal)

•Dalais Promise 5/2 (1.10 Vaal)

•Saints Alive 4/6 (1.45 Vaal)

•Fortune And Glory (1.50 Salisbury)

Brilliant and all fancied runners