Gillon McLachlan and Peter V’landys have been at loggerheads for years, but now they realise they need each other.
No more bickering over prize money, race dates, COVID protocols, strappers’ fees, whether there will ever be another meeting of Racing Australia. The only conclusion we can draw is that it’s done. Let’s all move on.
But this was the one: Gillon McLachlan, the new boss of the jolly green giant known as Tabcorp and former AFL antagonist-in-chief, being surrounded by green hats as the winning slot-holder after his company chose Bella Nipotina to run for them – a Victorian-based horse bred by Michael Christian, whose other job is as the AFL’s match review officer.
Christian’s roots also run deep to the southern code. He has been persona non grata in Sydney after rubbing Swans star Isaac Heeney out of Brownlow Medal contention for an offence most considered was minor. V’landys’ NRL uses a committee to make decisions on foul play. Christian goes solo for the AFL. He says it’s a high-pressure job, but not compared to watching Bella Nipotina race.
To put the gravity of Bella Nipotina’s achievement into context, she raced as a two-year-old after a month of the season in 2019. It was about as early as a racehorse can go to the track for her age. Those types are usually finished as racing prospects by four or five. In her 55th start, at seven years of age, Bella Nipotina won for McLachlan and Christian, for Victoria.
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