Big Bets: Assassin strikes by short half-head

It was so close that Dan Mielicki couldn’t separate them but one punter was breathing easier after Costly Assassin was declared the winner by a short half-head over No Alabi, having plunged $16,000 on Kerryn Manning’s four-year-old.

That win headlines the TAB.com.au bets of note from the last seven days of harness racing in Victoria.

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS

$16,000 at $2.60 on Costly Assassin (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 10 on June 15)

$15,000 at $2.30 on Dontch See It (Mildura Race 11 on June 14)

$7,045 at $1.25 on Demon Delight (Kilmore Race 8 on June 13)

$3,200 at $1.18 on Kerford Road (Mildura Race 7 on June 14)

$3,080 at $1.35 on McLovin (Wagon Apollo Trotters Free For All [Race 6] at Tabcorp Park Melton on June 15)

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

$4,000 at $1.70 the place [1,2] on Leica Gem (Geelong Race 3 on June 12 – Unplaced)

$3,225 at $2.10 on Jo Dina (Geelong Race 2 on June 12 – Third)

$3,000 at $1.15 on Crime Writer (Hamilton Race 7 on June 10 – Second)

$2,400 at $1.50 on Soho Tribeca (Italian Cup [Race 8] at Tabcorp Park Melton on June 15 – Unplaced)

$2,000 at $1.33 on Birthday Suit (Kilmore Race 3 on June 13 – Second)

ROUND OF APPLAUSE

$300 at $17 on Last Walk (Geelong Race 3 on June 12)

$100 at $51 on Rockingwithsierra (Geelong Race 2 on June 12)