A mother-of-three is celebrating after scooping a £175,000 Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph in an online horse racing competition.
Carol Smith, 48, of Chelmsford, beat thousands of other entrants to win the top prize and a week's holiday for two in Dubai.
Mrs Smith, who had been heading the leader board for more than two months, was 'delighted' with her win.
She added: 'It has been quite nerve-wracking waiting to see what was going to happen and wondering if anybody would be able to catch me.'
Her husband Stephen, a postman, spotted the competition and Mrs Smith, a keen racing fan, picked seven horses.
She added: 'It hasn't really sunk in yet that I have won - I can hardly believe it is true. I probably will not really believe it until the presentation ceremony in Dubai on March 20.
'It will be the holiday of a lifetime to go to Dubai for the Dubai World Cup and we are really looking forward to it,' she added.
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