Ballybough Rasher, the 40-1 rank outsider of the party, highlighted an incredible 55,964-1 four-timer for jockey Graham Lee when causing a massive upset in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby yesterday.

Lee was also successful on Dream On Willie, Javelin and Gralmano, and he said: ''It is unbelievable - happy days are here again.

''I have had one four-timer before, at Kelso, and coincidentally Gralmano was one of the legs.''

But he was also counting his luck for a different reason after escaping injury when taking a heavy fall from Petrula (backed to take £100,000 out of the ring) at the last flight when in second place to eventual winner Thesis in the November Novices' Hurdle.

There was no fluke about Ballybough Rasher's success as he came to head Marlborough, who had taken up the running three out, at the final fence and he ran right to the line to score by six lengths.

Winning trainer Howard Johnson was busy at his Crook stable, where he is building new boxes, but his father-in-law and assistant, Ray Hawkey, said: ''Howard said to me six months ago that Ballybough Rasher would win a decent race, and he said it might be the Charlie Hall.

''The race at Aintree on Sunday just put him right for today and Howard said that the horse had grown into a man now.''

Lee was gaining the biggest success of his career, and he said: ''It is unbelievable. But though he has surprised me, I never thought we would be beaten. As everyone knows his jumping is a bit suspect, but he operated really well.''

Marlborough, who won the race last year, was making his seasonal bow, and trainer Nicky Henderson said: ''He has done nothing wrong, he just tired.

''He is not getting any younger, and I don't think he would beat Best Mate in the Gold Cup, but I think we will have another crack at the King George at Kempton.

''He looks fantastic and as he has got a bit older we may need to do a bit more with him at home.''

The favourite, Valley Henry, fell eight out, and trainer Paul Nicholls reflected: ''He jumps and schools perfectly at home and he has just gone and made a racing mistake.

''But he is all right and was walking around with his ears pricked and we will have to have a think about what to do now."

Dream On Willie started the Lee bandwagon rolling when gaining a fairytale win for barrister Eric Elliott, who trains him under permit, in the Arthur Stephenson Novices' Handicap Chase, run in memory of the legendary trainer

Elliott, who has two other horses in training, said:''It is unbelievable for us to win Arthur's race.

''We use his gallops sometimes and a neighbouring farmer also lets us use his seven-furlong tan gallop and that is why we have been able to get Dream On Willie fit enough to win.