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the house and I accidentally clicked on 12 sets of five, so that was 60.”

Asked if he was wearing his glasses when putting the order in online, Tom replied: “Well, I thought I did, but trying to remember back, I might not have had them on.”

Tom said he’s having a good laugh about it and that he plans to keep 10 and return the other 50.

THE racing world is mourning the death of an equine icon after £4.5 million wonderhorse I’m Thunderstuck was put down following a routine operation.

The passing of the five­year­old multiple Group 1­winning gelding left co­trainer Michael Kent Jr ‘in tears all night’.

I’m Thunderstruck was reported to have injured himself after waking up from an op and putting weight on his knee.

That pressure caused multiple fractures and, tragically, meant vets had little choice but to humanely end the horse’s life.

It was described as a ‘simple procedure that went horribly wrong’. I’m Thunderstruck won four of his 19 races and brought in more than £4.5 million in earnings.

His biggest victory was the Group 1 Makybe Stakes at Flemington racecourse in Australia last September, with a prize worth £323,709. Speaking of the devastating loss, Kent Jr said: “My fiancee Ally and I have been in tears all night.

“We always said we’d love to have him back at our farm when he was finished and we’ll still keep that promise.

“If the owners are OK, we’ll find a nice spot to bury him.”