Royal Ascot: 150-1 outsider Nando Parrado claims historic win
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Nando Parrado won by a length under jockey Adam Kirby
History was made at Royal Ascot as 150-1 outsider Nando Parrado became the meeting's biggest-priced winner.
Trained by Clive Cox, the horse was guided to victory by jockey Adam Kirby in the Coventry Stakes.
"The price was a shock. He is a proper horse and we loved him from the start," Cox said.
The previous record was held by 100-1 shots Fox Chapel, who won the 1990 Britannia Stakes, and 2008 Windsor Castle victor Flashmans Papers.
Victory came on the final day of the meeting where Frankie Dettori landed a 150-1 treble to finish Royal Ascot on a high as the leading rider.
Nando Parrado is named after one of the survivors of a 1972 plane crash in the Andes that was the subject of a best-selling book and subsequent film.
The surprise win comes just a week after Cieren Fallon rode 200-1 shot Intercessor to victory at Newbury.
Horse racing in Great Britain resumed behind closed doors on 1 June after a 76-day suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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