We in no way condone excess drinking here at The Dogs but you could forgive punters who backed Drink Moet in Race 4 at Dapto tonight, if they'd reached for something stronger than 'bubbles' in the run.
Poorly away and then checked in the run, it looked a forlorn task for the $2.60 favourite (and punters) when she was well off the lead and in traffic as they reached the top turn.
But in a scene that plenty of old-time punters could associate with the mythical whistle that the famous jockey George Moore used to blow, a gap miraculously opened in the home straight and the daughter of Sh Avatar was classy enough to power to victory in the closing stages.
Whoever coined the phrase that 'punting was not for the faint hearted' has been vindicated yet again.
