The Mercury80 has proven not just a fan's delight but also a punter's paradise with one fan of the 1200-metre format going large on Always Fast, the eventual winner.
The four-figure play headlined this week's TAB Big Bets from the last seven days of the trots in Victoria.
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
$9,600 at $2 on Always Fast (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 4 on January 25)
$4,632 at $1.30 on Puntarno Stride (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 4 on January 20)
$4,100 at $1.05 on San Carlo (Mildura Race 4 on January 24)
$4,000 at $1.55 on Montpellier (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 3 on January 20)
$2,500 at $2.40 on Line Up (Victoria Derby at Tabcorp Park Melton on January 25)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
$7,240 at $1.22 on Self Assured (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 5 on January 25 – Second)
$6,000 at $1.15 on Duke Of Wellington (Geelong Race 7 on January 22 – Unplaced)
$5,260 at $1.40 on A Jewel In The Crown to place (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 2 on January 25)
$5,000 at $1.15 on Duke Of Wellington (Geelong Race 7 on January 22 – Unplaced)
$4,000 at $2.40 on Raptover A Rainbow (Maryborough Race 10 on January 23 – Third)
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
$700 at $9 on Madeeba (Maryborough Race 10 on January 23)
$40 at $151 on Usage (Mildura Race 10 on January 24) [two separate bets]