The 2:10 at Thurles on Sunday afternoon will go down in Irish racing history.
Killahara Castle, with Martin Burke aboard, became the biggest priced winner ever at Irish racecourse, being returned at a head-turning 200/1.
Six runners went to post in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Boreen Belle Mares Novice Hurdle over two miles with the longshot heading 8/13 favourite True Self by five lengths.
The victory was a family affair. Martin Burke's brother John trains Killahara Castle in Tipperary and their sister Elaine is the owner.
"We have only four horses in training and 14 others that we're breaking, so it's big to get a win in a Listed race like this," Martin Burke told the Racing Post.
Previous to Sunday, the biggest ever winner in Irish racing had been in 1973 when the 100/1 priced Miss Therese won the Blandford Stakes at the Curragh.
Killahara Castle - a Listed winner at 200/1 at @thurlesraces! pic.twitter.com/UYwilQvcQB
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