By MIKE DILLON
How quickly the roles in racing can change.
At Te Rapa last month Waikato Racing Club chairman David Ellis was hand-in-hand with Lance O'Sullivan in the unsuccessful protest with Integrate after the group one Whakanui Stakes.
At Ellerslie on Saturday Ellis accused O'Sullivan of throwing a Hollywood when hot favourite Gypsy's Daughter was hampered by first-past-the-post Ana Zeel, whose interests were managed in the inquiry room by Ellis.
Whether or not the judicial pairing thought O'Sullivan performed a Hollywood - and that could be debated - it agreed Gypsy's Daughter had been denied running second by Ana Zeel's inward movement in the closing stages and relegated the winner to third.
Not everyone agreed, but if you viewed the head-on and back-on videos there is no question Gypsy's Daughter was going to run second before the interference.
Whether or not the improving mare should still have run second - and therefore Ana Zeel remain untouched - is what upset some punters.
The back-on video also showed what the side-on did not - that the movement by Ana Zeel had been so quick that O'Sullivan was put off balance in re-directing the favourite's path inwards.
What is unquestionable is that Gyspy's Daughter and Ana Zeel are in the right form to promote their proposed Sydney-Queensland campaigns.
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