"Listen, Kenny, I can't really feel it. This is not gonna go anywhere."

Those were the words a punter heard from his date after the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.

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A bite, a few drinks and a stewards' protest later and Kenny discovered he was nearly $800,000 richer than he was in the morning.

But the girl didn't hang around for the start of something special.

The Racing Victoria stewards' decision to relegate Master Of Reality down to fourth in the Melbourne Cup behind Vow And Declare, Prince Of Arran and Il Paradiso changed the fortunes of many.

Master Of Reality's connections lost out on $750,000 in prize money and the final result produced a final four that landed Kenny $793,000 from a $10 bet.

"I'll be completely honest with you I watched the race and I was not aware, I was completely oblivious," he told SEN radio on Thursday.

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"The girl I was out with said 'did you win?' I said 'I put those horses on, I don't know, I'll check later'."

Kenny and the woman went to school together on the Gold Coast and made a date of the Melbourne Cup, though it didn't go well.

"She's pretty much told me 'listen, Kenny, I can't really feel it. This is not gonna go anywhere. I've got to get the five o'clock train'," he said.

"I said 'ah well, yeah, no worries, thanks for being honest'."

Then it happened.

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"I thought at least the day's not over, I'll open up my account, there's still a couple of races to go at the majors," Kenny said.

"I opened up my account and started screaming ... I've just seen all these numbers and I'm speechless. I'm gasping. Oh my f'n god.

"Everyone in the restaurant on Southbank is looking at me like what's wrong with this clown. She said 'sit down, what are you doing, you're embarrassing me'. I said 'can you just read this for me?' and she's started screaming!"

The five o'clock trained became the seven o'clock train as the date hung around, buying more drinks and calling her friends and family to tell the tale.

"I sent her packing. 'Listen, you better get your train'. I'm not joking either," Kenny said.

Jockey Craig Williams rode Vow And Declare to victory in the $8 million Melbourne Cup. Credit: Getty

"I paid for lunch, I paid for all the drinks and that. We had a bit of a laugh about it, she's ringing her girlfriends, she rung her old man as well.

"'Story of my life, out on a date with a guy I used to go to school with on the Gold Coast, I just told him I want nothing to do with him and he wins a million dollars'."

Kenny the carpenter, in Melbourne working on the West Gate Tunnel, expects to keep his job but he will splurge on himself.

"I'm gonna buy a house on the Gold Coast and happy days," he said.

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