One punter was rejoicing when La Belle Bijoux ended a sequence of two runner-up placings and scored a deserved victory at Melton on Saturday night.
The TAB customer placed a $5000 bet on the Kari Males-trained pacer at $5 before her win in the Logical Staffing Solutions Pace.
The $15,000 collect was in direct contrast to another big TAB punter who had placed $3000 on the horse La Belle Bijoux beat - the Kyle Marshall-prepared Hugo Maguire - in the same race.
WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
$4000 at $2.50 on Can Be A Ruebe to win (Cranbourne Race 7 on July 7)
$4000 at $2.90 on Animado to win (Charlton Race 9 on July 3)
$3400 at $1.70 on Ozzie Joy to win (Mildura Race 5 on July 5)
$3119 at $2.40 on Roblen Ranger to win (Mildura Race 10 on July 5)
$3000 at $5 on La Belle Bijoux to win (Melton Race 5 on July 6)
$3000 at $2.60 on Yering Soho to win (Cranbourne Race 5 on July 7)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
$5000 at $10 on Meadow Valley Star to win (Melton Race 8 on July 6) -
$5000 at $2.60 on Harry Stamper to win (Melton Race 6 on July 6) - Third
$3000 at $3.30 on Fiamma to win (Melton Race 2 on July 6) - Third
$3000 at $2.90 on Hugo Maguire to win (Melton Race 5 on July 6) - Second
$3000 at $2.90 on Younggiftedandblack to win (Melton Race 4 on July 6) - Third
$3000 at $3 on Elusive to win (Melton Race 7 on July 5) - Unplaced
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