Punt Drunk: Hiraboku Merlot wins the weekend with incredible run
The working year is over for many (bastards), and the hangover has reached day three after a big night at The Valley on Friday night. But nonetheless, the show and the racing must go on!
What did we learn over the weekend that was? No matter the price, always back William Pike in the last on a Saturday. And if you were having a tough day on the punt, it would have soothed the soul to watch the Indian batting lineup collapse like a quaddie going out in the first leg.
There’s two local meets to sink your teeth into today, so giddy up!
Lucky punter strikes five-leg mega multi
WELL DONE TO THIS TAB PUNTER
One TAB customer collected $47,903.90 from a $10 five-leg multi after selecting the first five winners at @TheCreekAlbion last night.
This multi included the selection of One Change over eventual $1.12 favourite Colt Thirty One in Race 3. pic.twitter.com/zMZ4LQfFBl
— TABcomau Media (@tabcomaumedia) December 19, 2020
First of all, imagine being this guy a few days before Christmas. You’re chasing your tail after a shit Saturday on the punt, so you decide to launch into some harness action at Albion Park and opt to put a five-leg multi on in the first five races on the card. Now, pulling off a five-leg multi is no mean feat; let’s be honest, we try it all the time and it never pays off. However, this one punter nabbed the first five winners on the Albion Park card, including a $9.50 shot and a rank outsider paying $23 odds. We tip our cap to you, sir, but also we hate your guts.
Incredible all-the-way win in Japan
In Australia he would get time….
Akihide Tsumura had had 14 losing rides on the weekend, not even a placing, he was on the 51.4 roughie 4f 11. HIRABOKU MERLOT (Monterosso) in the last race of the year at Chukyo over 2200m
He decided to have a crack pic.twitter.com/5ioPdencjK
— Graham Pavey (@LongBallToNoOne) December 20, 2020
Now, we see pacemakers set a brutal tempo out in front on a regular basis. Some even manage to hold onto second or third place, with someone charging over the top of them late to get the chocolates. However, that was not the case at Chukyo when Hiraboku Merlot bolted out to a monstrous lead and made the 2200m trip a genuine staying contest. Wouldn’t you have loved to have something on it to win too at a massive $51, which looks well over the odds after winning like Twilight Payment in the Melbourne Cup.
Jennings all smiles despite horror injury
I am no medical expert (insert mild joke about being expert about anything) but that arm don’t look so good….. pic.twitter.com/iZaZT51gWF
— Dean Pettit (@deanpet74) December 18, 2020
Koby Jennings, you are one tough son of a gun. Imagine having your arm bent like that and still cracking a smile? We’re not sure about you, but based on this effort alone he deserves a beer or something higher up on the shelf! The 2020 Golden Eagle winner suffered a double break in his arm at Goulburn on Friday afternoon and is now set to miss up to 10 weeks of racing. We hope you weren’t having breakfast when you saw that!