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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Greg Wood

REVEALED: Talking horses electrical storm win in cambridgeshire would be no shock | Rare Historical Photos

Zanbaq (second left) is victorious on day two of the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket.
Zanbaq (second left) is victorious on day two of the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

With a 50-1 winner and two more at 40-1 in the last five years, the Cambridgeshire has re-emphasised its status as the most unpredictable Flat handicap of the season and the bookmakers will go into the latest renewal at Newmarket on Saturday with high hopes of another upset to boost their bottom line.

Mujtaba, a lightly raced son of Dubawi from the William Haggas stable, heads the market at around 5-1 but he failed to justify a similarly short price in a 22-runner Lincoln Handicap back in March and looks painfully short in the betting against 28 battle-hardened rivals on Saturday.

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