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The Breeders? Cup World Championships, a two-day horse racing festivity in the USA is considered the biggest horse race tournament in North America. Although this event is famous for gathering the world?s finest horses, it?s highly reputable as a place for elite racers. These amount to billions of dollars that are gambled every year with this event being a magnet for enthusiastic bettors all over the world.?

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It is the most lucrative live money competition for bettors in terms of horse racing.?Nevertheless, Sean Boarman from Kentucky became a part of horse racing history when he won this year?s BCBC, and it also recorded the largest prize pool to date.?He was highly skilled in strategy and calculated stakes that culminated in a landslide win over experienced horseplayers.

Record-breaking turnout in horse racing

The 2023 BCBC received 571 entries which is the largest live-money event held on thoroughbreds racing in the past 15 editions. This was the 40th Breeders? Cup World Championship held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California with an amazing $7,759,434 total bets?a record in Breeders? Cup history. Additionally, more than $4.6 million out of the total handle was wagered at this venue showing that they had a tremendous on-track traffic.

 

?Winning the BCBC is obviously a huge financial windfall, but it means much more than that to me,? said Boarman. ?I was very confident going into the contest that I had a good strategy mapped out and to see that come to fruition against the best of the best in the BCBC is very gratifying.?

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Sean Boarman’s winning strategy

Boarman, aged forty-three, scored 231,238 points and scooped US$ 642,363 which was the largest winning amount of all BCBC members.?The way he went about this was extraordinary with strategies such as placing a huge $6,500 daily double bet and later a significant $126,000 bet on White Abarrio during the Breeders Cup classic.?Thus, he entered into this contest to get this amazing $20,000 bet for the Qatar Racing Breeders? Cup Sprint (G1) and eventually won the title.

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Furthermore, Boarman?s success was a massive financial breakthrough, but it also highlighted his skilful strategy that overturned the best of experts leaving him victorious with an outcome that surpasses financial measures.

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