Our Man In Monaco Has A Big Win
- Sunday, 01 November 2009 06:15
Millionaire businessman Owen Glenn appears to have had the last laugh over the New Zealand-consul-to-Monaco saga.
Glenn, who has a home in Monaco, wanted to be the consul there, but the last Labour government lost interest when he crossed swords with it over the Winston Peters donations ruckus.
Glenn had given the New Zealand First leader a $100,000 donation, but Peters denied it. Eventually Glenn gave evidence to Parliament's privileges committee and Peters was censured by Parliament for giving false or misleading information about the donation.
On Saturday, a horse owned by Glenn and Auckland businessman Gerard Peterson won the $A1.5 million Victoria Derby. Its name: Monaco Consul.
Peterson took the credit for the name.
"I hoped Owen would have a sense of humour when I told him what the name was. He just laughed and said you have to laugh at yourself," Peterson told NZPA.
It seemed to be a name that stuck in people's minds, he said.
"I'm sure Winston would have had a few dollars on it," he said.
Another horse owned by Peterson and Glenn won its first race at Matamata on Friday.
It was called Nothingbutthetruth and also drew its origins from the donations row.
"It was a very small entree to what happened on Saturday," said co-trained Moroney, who last year provided an affidavit to the privileges committee hearing, saying he had heard Peters thank Glenn for his help.
