gadj1976 wrote:I know it's not the norm to gloat after the event but I got the tri in Melbourne in race 10. It's THE biggest collect I've had by the length of the Flemington straight. I had 20%
1st 7. ATTRITION
JB MertensTM FreedmanProp166427
$31.00
$7.00
$41.20
$8.10
2nd 6. ANTINO
JB ShinnTT GollanProp166426
$1.90
$1.80
3rd 8. BANKERS CHOICE
JP MoloneyTM MoroneyProp166428
$35.00
$28.00
Trifecta
7-6-8
$18,389.10
Love hearing stories like this, especially when it's one of the SAF tribe, thats awesome mate, way to go, I dream of shit like that lol.
I'm pretty sure I used all my luck for a month or more on Saturday in what became an unexpectedly eventful day ..
Started the day well, winner of the 1st at Caulfield and 1st at Randwick was glorious, but short lived after they were followed by 4 consecutive 2nd's and 2 x 3rd's on the bounce. By now I'm starting to think it's just not going to be my day.
After these, nature called suddenly and I almost got caught short and in my haste to get there in time, I dropped my phone in the shitter

... Somehow it fell horizontally and wedged between the sides of the bowl jut millimetres above the water. Once retrieved I sat there gloriously revelling at my business and change of fortune in having my phone saved.
By this stage my TAB account was looking good, but Sportsbet had been through the wars, so I chucked another $60 in it and commenced with a $10 bet on Jenkins in Adelaide which thankfully saluted - My balance was showing $0 though so I pannicked that I hadnt deposited and bet successfully (the ol memory not what it once was). As it so happened I'd inadvertently put the entire $60 on Jenkins for a return of $570. Despite fixing it at $9.50 2 mins before the scheduled jump, it ended up paying $18 which was a brief source of disappointment, before I decided to focus on the very fortuitous collect I'd had.
Winners for the day included:
Rousseau @ $6 (place)
Front Page @ $5.50
Land Legend @ $5.50
Almighty Class @ $10
Jenkins @ $9.50
Renaissance Woman @ $6.50
Griff @ $34/$7
The Map @ $2.40
Ayrton @ $5
Mishani Suspect @ $15
Maktoob @ $8
Plenty of losing bets too, but enough in the above to be nicely infront.
Then given both TAB and Sportsbet had promos for Melton, thought I'd have a crack there which worked so I had a few more, winners for the Trots included:
Amami @ $15
Helluva @ $6.50
Rakero Rebel @ $61
Petracca @ $3
Act Now @ $51
So thats probably my luck dusted for the entirety of Spring if not remaining 2023.