Plonking a monkey on the ninth at Maryborough proved a profitable play for one punter in this week’s TAB.com.au Big Bets, with the $500 splash turned into almost $10,000 when Dontouch The Duco saluted.
That play was among the bets of note from the last seven days of Victorian trots:
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
$7,010 at $1.85 on Amour De Frere (Shepparton Race 4 on February 28)
$6,000 at $1.45 on War Dan (Cranbourne Race 8 on March 1)
$5,000 at $2 on Messerati (Shepparton Race 1 on February 28)
$4,910 at $4.60 on Bayonet Soldier (Mildura Race 8 on February 27)
$4,000 at $1.40 on American Tour (Mildura Race 7 on February 27)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
$10,000 at $1.75 on Steel Screens (Hamilton Race 5 on March 3 – Unplaced)
$5,000 at $2.50 on La Player (Shepparton Race 2 on February 28 – Second)
$5,000 at $1.45 on Miss Dangerfield (Geelong Race 2 on February 26 – Third)
$4,500 at $2.40 on Diamond Ace (Shepparton Race 9 on February 28 – Unplaced)
$4,500 at $2.25 on Augustus Jack (Shepparton Race 5 on February 28 – Third)
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
$500 at $19 on Dontouch The Duco (Maryborough Race 9 on February 28)
$500 at $12 on Beach Boy Adios (Shepparton Race 9 on February 28)
