Worst bet of the year?

A punter on Sunday could have placed arguably the worst single bet of the year on the Japan Cup.

The punter with the TAB placed a $5,000 bet on Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time to win the Japan Cup at odds of $26.

Boom Time jumped at 265-1 on the Japanese tote which was more than 10x the price of some Australian bookmakers who had the Lindsay Park trained galloper as short as $21.

Boom Time finished 12th and never looked likely despite a good ride by jockey Corey Parish.

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One punter has just placed $5,000 at $26 on Boom Time to win the 2017 #JapanCup being run at 5:40pm AEDT. https://t.co/hiVSoRs5hg pic.twitter.com/8pnalJ1dZ8

— TABcomau Media (@tabcomaumedia) November 26, 2017