Victorian racing community chins are wagging over a recent incident at the Caulfield Racecourse.
to open the event or his joke about drowning football journalistMRC chairman Peter Le Grand is retiring, or not retiring. Either one.To say nothing of the Melbourne Cup. The mark of any great global city, undoubtedly, is a public holiday devoted to shooting injured horses behind a tarpaulin. over the tenure of chairman. Late last year, he flagged his retirement for March before telling a committee room in February he’d stay until late this year.
The MRC runs Caulfield Racecourse, Mornington Racing Club and Ladbrokes Park , and aims to be “the best and most progressive racing club in the world, conducting ourselves in a socially responsible way”.Which may be why chins in the Victorian racing community were wagging faster than a dog’s tail over a recent incident at the Caulfield Racecourse pokies barn, the Glasshouse.
We’re told Guille handled the situation professionally. Which is what you’d expect, given he’s head of people and culture at Betfair Australia. Nevertheless, Le Grand is concerned that forces against him are using the incident as a means to hasten his departure. Guille, a key ally of Le Grand, also seems to lack robust support among the board, though he appears to have done nothing wrong in the circumstances.
The broader inertia affecting the MRC isn’t helped by the 10-person committee – which includes Australian Unity’s
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