Only a neck separated Famous Three from Esterna at Bendigo last Wednesday but the gap was enough to reward one punter who plunged $60,000 on the Kelvin-Barker trained runner, one of a number of monster trots bets last week.
They headline the TAB.com.au bets of note from the last seven days of harness racing in Victoria:
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
$60,000 at $1.40 on Famous Three (Bendigo Race 7 on December 4)
$50,000 at $1.35 on Ozzie Battler (Kilmore Race 1 on December 5)
$33,320 at $1.22 on Our Millionaire (Cranbourne Race 8 on December 7)
$21,045 at $1.55 on Thats Perfect (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 5 on December 6)
$18,300 at $1.15 on Rambunctious (Mildura Race 9 on December 5)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
$4,500 at $1.65 on Keayang Kookai (Mildura Race 4 on December 5 – Unplaced)
$4,000 at $2.20 on Hurricane Harley (Cranbourne Gold Cup [Race 7] on December 7 – Unplaced)
$4,000 at $1.40 on Kennys Killer (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 3 on December 2 – Second)
$2,500 at $2 on Majestic Cruiser (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 8 on December 6 – Second)
$2,270 at $4.40 on Deedenuto (Cranbourne Race 8 on December 7 – Second)
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
$300 at $23 on Keayang Ebonyrose (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 7 on December 6)
$150 at $81 on Off The Radar (Tabcorp Park Melton Race 8 on December 2)