One big TAB punter was left to contemplate what might have been after a misbehaving trotter saw his four-figure wager go unrewarded at Shepparton last week.
The customer placed an $8000 bet on Luvski at $2.10 before the Gary Donaldson-trained squaregaiter made not one but two breaks inside the final 400m of the Jarvis Delahey Contractors Trotters Handicap.
Luvski’s bad manners cost him victory, going down by just over a metre in his fourth-placed finish to winner The Girls Gotflair.
That wager was among the big ones taken by the TAB on Victorian harness racing last week, with some of the others listed below.
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
$10,000 at $1.28 on Some American to win (Melton Race 4 on June 8)
$5000 at $1.45 on Techy Creed to win (Melton Race 10 on June 5)
$5000 at $1.95 on Syenite to win (Shepparton Race 6 on June 4)
$3500 at $1.45 on Starzzz Destiny to place (Geelong Race 1 on June 6)
$2500 at $1.65 on Astro to place (Shepparton Race 5 on June 4)
$2500 at $2.20 on Mielicki to place (Melton Race 4 on June 5)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
$10,000 at $4.20 on Rolling Bonus to win (Shepparton Race 6 on June 4) – Third
$10,000 at $5.50 on Tophut Johny to win (Melton Race 5 on June 5) – Unplaced
$8000 at $2.10 on Luvski to win (Shepparton Race 5 on June 4) – Unplaced
$7000 at $1.28 on Old Villa Boy to place (Melton Race 9 on June 8) – Unplaced
$6000 at $1.20 on Joelita to win (Geelong Race 7 on June 6) – Unplaced
$5000 at $5.50 on Ooh Ah Listah to win (Melton Race 3 on June 5) – Unplaced
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