ITV racing pundit Kevin Blake correctly predicts 8,000-1 Derby tricast with big race 1-2-3

ITV racing pundit Kevin Blake correctly predicts 8,000-1 Derby tricast with big race 1-2-3 Newspoint | 08/06/2025 03:39:07

An ITV Racing pundit pointed viewers to an 8,000-1 Derby tricast on Saturday by correctly predicting the big race 1-2-3. which reportedly cost a bookmaker £1 million. Kevin Blake has devised his own stride data to analyse horses’ ability to pick out runners’ positive and negative characteristics ahead of the Derby.

As a result he was prepared to dismiss the challenges of the likes of favourite Delacroix and stablemate The Lion In Winter and the 2,000 Guineas winner Ruling Court, who was a late non-runner, based on his data.

He summarised his selections for , saying: “I think this is going to be a high pressure Derby that really examines stamina so number one is what is Aidan O’Brien’s apparent third string debatedly Lambourn because he is the one that is guaranteed to stay. I think he is going to stay further than and mile and a half in due course. He’ll be forward, he’ll make use of that stamina.

“Number two is Tennessee Stud. He was third to Delacroix at Leopardstown, went there very much needing the run. He was a Group 1 winner over a mile and a quarter at two. He will stay, he’ll love the ground. He’s come forward really well from run at Leopardstown so he’s my second choice.

“And Lazy Griff at a massive price, again from the Chester form. He stays really well and that is key.”

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Blake’s assessment proved right up to the mark as Lambourn led from start to finish to come home ahead of Lazy Griff and Tennessee Stud. The tricast paid £8,294.72 and the trifecta £3,431.20, at great cost to the bookies.

Coral spokesperson Dave Stephens said: "It may have been the threat of considerable rainfall that sparked the support for the proven stayer Lambourn, but even without a notable downpour, the Cheshire Vase winner controlled the race from start to finish, and an SP of 13-2 confirmed that he was not without support on the biggest betting day of the Flat season," said Coral's David Stevens.

"Whilst the winner alone was not the worst result in the Derby book though, further pain was inflicted by Kevin Blake, who incredibly put up the tricast on ITV's The Opening Show, an outcome that paid a whopping £8,294.72 for £1, and plenty of viewers followed Kevin's advice, to our considerable cost.”

Afterwards ITV colleague Oli Bell reported on air, "I've heard from the trading floor at Coral, they've lost over £1 million on the tricast on your selections. Take a box Kevin Blake, that is some effort."