will have to buy punters at a whopping 1,000 pints of Guinness after losing a bet on the Paddy Powers' Stayers Hurdle. The former Liverpool and Tottenham star was in attendance on Day Three of the Festival to watch Bob Olinger win the 16:00 race.

It was won by the legendary Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore, who went from last to first with the 10-year-old horse to take the Grade 1 race. But it was a result that proved costly for Crouch because of a bet he'd made with Paddy Power.

Crouch, speaking to ITV Racing earlier in the day, explained: "I've had a little bet with Paddy - he wants the Irish horses, I want the British horses. I feel like I haven't got much chance."

Power then arrived to add: "We were gonna have a bet for a pint of Guinness, but we thought to make things interesting if he's taking the British runners and I'm taking the Irish runners. What about a pint of Guinness for everyone in the Guinness Village?

"Everyone in the Guinness Village, so basically myself or Crouchy are going to be buying 1,000 pints of Guinness after the Stayers' Hurdle. If an Irish horse wins, Crouchy's buying the pints, if an English horse wins I'm buying the pints. I think I got the better of this one."

The former footballer finished up with: "That's outrageous really. I don't know loads about horse racing, I woke up, had a look at it and thought 'we haven't got a chance' and now he's upped it."

, Crouch could be looking at a four figure bill because of Bob Olinger's remarkable win!

Crouch had already made the punters and viewers at home laugh earlier in the piece with ITV, after dropping a risque comment about wife Abbey Clancy. When asked if he's ever saddled up on a horse, he said: "Yeah, I've been on a few horses. Abbey likes to ride." After a brief pause he then added the word: "Horses." And the duo burst into laughter as the innuendo lingered.

Attempting to save face, he continued: "I've been thrown off a couple of times." But presenter Oli Bell quickly jumped into say: "Okay, we'll leave it at that."

On his affinity with the Festival, Crouch, harking back to his playing days, said: "It's kind of like a football thing, it's a tradition. I played under Harry Redknapp a number of times and he introduced me to it and I've been coming ever since.

"There was a couple of incidents, I remember Harry saying to Jonathan Woodgate we couldn't come and then he found out Jonathan had organsied a helicopter. Very quickly, that changed and he was sat in the front."