THE world's cheapest racehorse could bag its Irish owner a bumper St Patrick's Day payday in today's Gold Cup.
Hewick cost just £800, the price of a cow, but has already earned trainer John "Shark" Hanlon nearly £400,000 in winnings.
And Hanlon could double his profit if the eight-year-old horse wins Cheltenham Festival's big race.
Hanlon, 55, caused a stir last October when he took 33-1 shot Hewick into his local in County Carlow for a slurp of Guinness.
In six months he has won the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown and the American Grand National.
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