Nice touch landed in the 1.05 Fairyhouse Saturday ....200/1 into 8's and wins easily
Paddy Power spokesman Paul Binfield confirmed that doubles with Great Attitude and Sticktotheplan had been struck and said there was concern heading into the concluding 2m bumper. Both horses were previously owned by Douglas Taylor until recently.
However, Sticktotheplan, who was as big as 12-1 with some firms on Friday night before going off the 11-10 favourite, was well beaten behind Willie Mullins' impressive winner Kaiser Ball.
A €10 double at 125-1 and 12-1 would have paid over €16,000.
When asked earlier in the day whether there were big liabilities heading into the bumper, Binfield replied: "We have seen money for the double and would be concerned now after the big-priced one, which had been strong in the market, duly delivered in fine style."
Great Attitude was 200-1 with Sky Bet at 12.26pm, just 39 minutes before the race, but a late surge of support saw him backed all the way down to 8-1 at the off.
He was 125-1 with Paddy Power until 12.46pm when he was cut to 80-1, and Binfield said that some punters had got some very fancy prices.
Binfield said: "It's fair to say that Great Attitude was probably living up to his name on the gallops at home as some punters managed to extract some quite fancy prices and he was really well backed."
The outcome was never really in doubt for those who got the fancy prices as Great Attitude was always up with the pace and kicked for home early in the straight on the way to an emphatic five-and-a-half-length victory.
