One Aintree punter raised more than a glass to the winning horse after pre-ordering £13,000 worth of Cristal Champagne.
The mystery London-based businessman asked staff at Water Street's Newz Bar to stockpile 45 bottles of Louis Roederer's premier bubbly after a night there last Saturday.
Newz managers say that night he spent £1,800 drinking the bar dry of Dom Perignon champagne.
He and friends plans to drink 15 of the £295 Cristal bottles each night of the race meeting.
Newz say the order is unprecedented, and believe it to be the largest sale of Cristal ever seen in the city. They have had to buy extra in from their regular suppliers Willoughby's as well as wholesalers Costco.
Paul Flanagan, Newz bar's owner, said: "We never stock that much, so we have had to go out and order extra in.
"We're trying to source it from anywhere because it's so difficult to get in.
"He paid up front for it. At the end of the day we're a Liverpool business – there's no messing about."
Mr Flanagan said he expects a record turnout on Friday night, with 5,000 revellers through Newz's doors.
Every seat in the 600-capacity bar has been reserved ahead of Ladies' Day on Friday.
"They'll be leaving before the second to last race is over," he said.
"It used to be just the Friday but because of the demand for the extra stands there's a good Thursday and Saturday. We're expecting a record week."
Elsewhere in the city's bars, a group of Champagne-quaffing stockbrokers will descend on Kingdom nightclub, where they have paid £1,000 for two booths on both Friday and Saturday nights.
They will make their way through 10, £350-bottles of Dom Perignon rosé champagne while at the Harrington Street venue. And starlet Coleen McLoughlin has booked a post-Ladies' Day table for 20 at the St Thomas hotel for her and friends.
At Aldo's Place, on Victoria Street, Ireland's biggest bookmaker Paddy Power are staging a three-day takeover.
They have promised to buy a drink for everyone in the bar on Saturday night if an Irish horse wins the John Smith's Grand National.
It is a re-run of a stunt the company pulled last year at a cost of £11,000.
Co-owner Gary Williams said: "I thought it would be a one-off, but he wants to do it again.
"Last year, all the floors were absolutely chocker. We had the winning jockey in here, too."
Source: LiverpoolDailyPost
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