Only a neck between pleasure and pain for punter’s $60,000 plunge

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)