WHILE one punter placed a $4,000 bet during the week that was successful, the punter could be excused for having a few heart palpitations after having to wait for the judge to post the winning number. Carousel winner Hez A Dude backed up at Goulburn less than 48 hours after his Group 2 success and was a $1.10 favourite.
The Brad Hewitt trained gelding was under heavy pressure in the concluding stages and held on to narrowly defeat Modern Dancer by a short-half head.
Other large winning bets (stake)
$3,000 @ $1.50 Only In Rome – Newcastle April 28
$3,000 @ $2.00 Downunder Stride – Newcastle April 28
$2,000 @ $1.55 Bullet Stride – Bathurst April 27
The biggest return for the week was the $3,000 wager on Maudie Mombassa to win Dubbo’s Red Ochre Mares Classic last Friday at the price of $4.00. Trained by Col Edwards, the mare has been in very good form this preparation and proved too good in a strong field which included Menangle winner Bon Accord Gal.
Other large winning bets (return)
$400 @ $10.00 Missed By Red – Bathurst April 27
$500 @ $8.00 Overcome All Odds – Menangle May 3
$300 @ $11.00 Luvstuenthral – Menangle May 3
The biggest losing bet of the week was placed at Inverell’s meeting on Sunday afternoon. A punter placed $7,500 on Bright And Sonny in the sixth race at the odds of $3.00. Unfortunately for the punter Bright And Sonny was beaten less than two metres by Fours Enuf Tas.
Other large losing bets (stake)
$6,000 @ $2.20 Spiritwriter (finished 5th) – Menangle May 3
$5,000 @ $4.50 Royal Lefty to place (finished 5th) – Newcastle April 28
$3,000 @ $1.60 Always Annie (finished 2nd) – Newcastle April 30
One punter placed a speculative $80 bet on The Purtian at the price of $81.00 at Newcastle on April 28. The horse finished sixth behind Jodan beaten more than 20 metres.
Other large losing bets (potential return)
$500 @ $14.00 Rodanthe Nights (finished 8th) – Dubbo April 29
$200 @ $51.00 Justasdangerous (finished 8th) – Wagga April 29
$700 @ $11.00 Postal Express (finished 3rd) – Dubbo April 29
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