AN ARSENAL fan has rejected a slew of £1million-plus offers for his Royal Ascot-winning wonderhorse.
And now the duo aim to plunder another huge pot with victory at Glorious Goodwood this week.
Holloway Boy was a shock 40-1 winner of the Listed Chesham Stakes at the Royal meeting last month.
Nick White, who owns a garden centre in Southend and is a massive Gunners fan, told ITV he forgot to back his own superstar.
Mind you, the £59,200 first-place prize more than made up for what he missed on taking from the bookies.
Holloway Boy's Ascot win came on his debut and owners with deep pockets have bombarded White and trainer Karl Burke with seven-figure offers for the colt.
So far they have turned them all down in favour of making it two from two in the Group 2 Japan Racing Association Vintage Stakes on day one of Goodwood on Tuesday.
Holloway Boy is 2-1 favourite to land the £85,000 winner's cheque.
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Burke, who along with wife Elaine owns half the runner, said: "The horse remains in the same ownership and we'll roll the dice again.
"He works tomorrow and, all being well, will turn up there on Tuesday. He hasn't done a lot of work since Ascot and just ticked away.
"It was a very good performance there and we're very happy with him."
White stole the show with his epic ITV interview at Ascot.
A lifelong Gunners fan, he confessed to betting on every race that week bar the big one that he won.
He said: "I'm just in shock. I'm absolutely in shock.
"I've been coming here 45 years… to think I could have a horse here and a win – I'm not even in top hat and tails!
"I'm a big betting man and had a bet in almost every single race at Royal Ascot – but I didn't have a penny on our horse.
"Members of my family won thousands, though. Other people rang me up saying they'd won £6,000 or £4,000 – they were on at 100-1 and 80-1."
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