If lacking the kind of shocks seen on the first 2 days of the festival, Day 3 still provided punters with plenty of money-making opportunities.

Blackmore does another double
After her double on Wednesday, Rachael Blackmore picked up another pair of victories on Thursday, leaving her as favourite to become the first woman to win the Top Jockey Award.

First up was her Ryanair Chase win on 3/1 favourite Allaho. Buy the horse at a 50 Index spread of 14-17 and that’s 33 times your original stake.

Then she triumphed in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle on the back of 5/1 Telmesomethinggirl, creating an 86.6 times multiplier for anyone buying a Binary spread of 11.1-13.4.

Those victories meant Blackmore’s Jockey makeup hit 50 (each win is worth 25 points). Buy at 20.5-22.5, and that’s 27.5 times your starting bet.

Or, buy her Super Mega Jockey spread of 25-27 – where a 1st win is worth 25 points, a 2nd win 50 and a 3rd win 75, as well as 10 points for 2nd place and 5 points for 3rd – and a makeup of 75 left you with 48 times your opening stake.

Au revoir Envoi
Thursday’s biggest moment came in the opening race, as 4/9 favourite Envoi Allen fell at the fourth in the Novices’ Chase.

That was perfect for anyone who’d gotten against the horse.

Sell a 50 Index spread of 34-37, and that’s 34 times your initial stake. Or sell a huge Binary spread of 60-63.7 for 60 times your opening wager.

Mrs Milner, you’re trying to seduce me
The joint-best starting price winner on Thursday – more on the other one below – was 12/1 Mrs Milner in the Pertemps Network Final at 1.55pm.

With BJ Cooper on its back, the horse saw off 10-3 favourite The Bosses Oscar. And, once again, spread betting was the punters weapon of choice, outstripping the gains made by fixed odds betting.

If you bought Mrs Milner at a 50 Index spread of 6-8, its win left you with 42 times your initial stake.

Buy its 100 Race Index price of 14-17, meanwhile, and you came away with 83 times your opening bet.

And those wise enough to back a Binary spread of 5.2-7.7 picked up 92.3 times their original wager.

Floored it
In Thursday’s other 12/1 victory, Flooring Porter won the Stayers’ Hurdle, ridden by Danny Mullins instead of his intended jockey Jonathan Moore, after the latter suffered a fall at the weekend.

If you bought Flooring Porter at a 50 Race Index spread of 7-9, you secured yourself 41 times your starting stake.

Get against favourite Paisley Park by selling its Binary spread of 25-30.8, meanwhile, and you won 25 times your initial bet.

What to look out for on Day 4
Of course, Friday’s focus is the Gold Cup at 3.05pm. Al Boum Photo is looking to win it for a 3rd consecutive festival, and is favourite to do so, at a fixed odds price of 9/4, a 50 Race Index spread of 22-25, and a Binary spread of 23-30.8.

But can Rachael Blackmore pull off an upset? She is riding A Plus Tard, which is at 7/2, with a 50 Index spread of 18-21.

As for Blackmore herself, she heads into the final day – where she is scheduled for 5 races – at a Jockey spread of 24-26, and a Super Mega Jockey spread of 29.5-31.5.

That puts her behind Paul Townend and Jack Kennedy who, racing 6 times apiece, are at SM spreads of 56-59 and 40-43 respectively.