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Cheltenham owner makes £390,000 without horse even running and says ‘I never imagined this could happen’
The filly has been called 'the next Honeysuckle'
A CHELTENHAM horse owner banged in the biggest winner of the week worth almost £390,000 - without her horse even running.
Correna Bowe was overcome with emotion after selling her star horse Echoing Silence - dubbed 'the next Honeysuckle' - for an astonishing £410,000.
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She bought the horse for just £24,000 but sold the point-to-point winner for the mega sum at the Tattersalls sales after racing finished on Thursday.
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Henry de Bromhead will train the four-year-old filly with hopes she will be as good as the four-time Cheltenham Festival winner.
Incredibly, Bowe's profit on the horse was £40,000 more than the winner of Friday's Gold Cup will make.
She said: "I never imagined this could happen.
"I said to my mum a couple of months ago that if I was ever to own a horse and bring it to the Cheltenham Festival sale that would be the dream.
"To do this on the very first time is absolutely amazing.
"Dad and I picked her out - she was unbelievable looking as a store horse, I don't know how we managed to buy her for that money.
"She has shown so much at home and was so ahead of her time, we have had to keep a lid on her all the way through, we had to be so careful not to overcook her.
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"And for a big filly to have run and won so early in the four-year-old season is amazing."
An undisclosed client purchased the horse through respected sales ring expert Peter Molony.
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Talking to the , Bowe was asked what she will do with the money and replied: "Buy a house? I might have to!"
Before adding: "To be going to Henry de Bromhead, that’s amazing – the next Honeysuckle!"
Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp were in the money at the Festival on Thursday too.
The Manchester United legend pocketed a share of £275,000 thanks to victories for Monmiral and Protektorat.
While Redknapp was in dreamland after his horse Shakem Up'Arry - named after a West Ham fan - landed the Plate Handicap Chase worth £68,000.
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