A $30,000 plonk on a maiden at its 15th start paid off for one punter, who backed in Final Chapter and savoured the all-the-way win at Shepparton on Sunday.
That plunge headlines the bets of note from the last seven days of harness racing in Victoria.
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
$30,000 at $1.65 on Final Chapter (Shepparton Race 9 on June 9)
$5,000 at $4 on Come On Elvis (Mildura Race 7 on June 6)
$4,000 at $1.35 on Our Master George (Mildura Race 9 on June 6)
$3,600 at $1.22 on Always Fast (Bendigo Guineas Race 7 on June 7)
$3,500 at $2.40 on McLovin (Bendigo Trotters Cup Race 6 on June 7)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
$13,250 at $1.22 on War Dan (Shepparton Race 8 on June 9 – Second)
$10,000 at $5 on American Sweetheart (Shepparton Race 10 on June 9 – Unplaced)
$10,000 at $2.20 on Common People (Shepparton Race 4 on June 9 – Second)
$8,000 at $1.40 the place on The Brooklyn Brawler (Mildura Race 6 on June 6)
$7,000 at $3.10 on Kyvalley Shaunie (Bendigo Race 2 on June 7 – Unplaced)
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
$700 at $11 on Shady Dancer (Maryborough Race 10 on June 6)
$500 at $11 the place on Arthur Lowe (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 5 on June 8 – Second)
$100 at $61 on Major Mucha (Mildura Race 8 on June 6)