Big numbers dominated the Happy Valley semaphore board last night with David Hall's $940 winner New Glory crowning the win dividends and ensuring a massive $10 million jackpot for next week's six-up.
New Glory was the meat in a tasty treble sandwich which blew punters out of the water at the back end of the card as Almond Lee's 198.50 winner rolled into New Glory and $143.50 priced victor Good Words to create a treble payout of more than $153,000.
Punters lucky enough to jag part of the $3 million Triple Trio payout were cheering every last zero however, and well-backed winners of the opening events ensured there were plenty of Easter eggs in the basket before the carnage began.
New Glory was the shock of the night, to all bar trainer Hall, who has watched on in vain as his talented, but untrustworthy galloper made a lie of his wide draw to blitz his rivals.
'Funnily enough, it's not a complete surprise, we know he's good enough to be highly competitive in class three, but obviously we didn't expect it from the wide draw after a tough run like he had,' Hall said.
'In one sense, that wide run was a plus because he was able to maintain his rhythm and that seems to be one of the keys to him.'
Jockey Brett Doyle would have felt more like he was on an odds-on chance after cruising to the lead in the straight, with New Glory putting favourite Groovy to the sword by 1 ?lengths.
