The ex-footy ace must stick his hand in his pockets as soon as once more.
Peter Crouch made a pricey guess at Cheltenham. (Picture: ITV Racing)
Peter Crouch has been pressured to spend £7,500 on 1000 pints of Guinness after shedding a guess at this 12 months’s Cheltenham Competition. It is the second 12 months Crouch has wagered with bookmaker Paddy Energy, having needed to spend large on the Competition this time 12 months in the past.
The wager centered on the three.20pm Stayers Hurdle, with Energy having stated: “If there’s an Irish-trained winner, he buys the pints. British-trained winner, I purchase the pints. Final 12 months we fully took his pants all the way down to be truthful.”
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He continued: “The entire subject was Irish! However this 12 months there’s a bit extra of a good struggle, he’s received 4 of the ten and three of the highest 5 of the betting. He has the sweep this 12 months nevertheless it was fairly humorous seeing the look on his face as he received the receipt.”
Crouch was requested how a lot he’d spent on the guess final 12 months, however refused to be pressed on how a lot it truly value. The previous Liverpool man stated: “It was round… I am not going to say the precise quantity. It wasn’t low-cost! It was longer than my femur!”
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There’s a slight silver lining for Crouch this time round, as a pint of the black stuff has been reduce in value by 30p. It means if he was to pay the identical value because the punters, he’d be taking a look at paying £7.50 a pint. That is assuming the 45-year-old does not try to negotiate himself a particular deal!
Peter Crouch serving Guinness on day three of Cheltenham (Picture: Roger Labrosse)
Simply the 1000 pints for Peter Crouch ??????
Keep in mind final 12 months’s guess? As an Irish horse received this 12 months’s Paddy Energy Stayers Hurdle the pints had been on Crouchy only some extra this time ?????? pic.twitter.com/0wWmgqdJE8
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) March 12, 2026
Residence by The Lee was the successful horse accountable for Crouch having to spend large, with the 33/1 shot having surprised horses like Ballyburn and Teahupoo. Reacting to the win, proprietor Sean O’Driscoll stated: “My son John, who’s watching on this night, John has by no means been at a race he is [the horse has won].
“He informed me two weeks in the past he could not come, then stated he is altering his thoughts. However I stated ‘no John keep away’, so John that is for you.”
Earlier than including: “By no means quit, that is the ethical of the story. He has the center of a lion, he is a really sound horse.”
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