Boardroom politics took an instant back seat to a rowdy group of ecstatic owners on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Caulfield as outsider Globe caused a boilover in the $1 million Might And Power Stakes contested by just four horses.

The day after John Kanga shocked the racing industry by resigning from his post as chairman of the Melbourne Racing Club, a large clump of owners dragged racing back into the spotlight as they cheered home their seven-year-old gelding in the 2000-metre weight-for-age event.

Blake Shinn aboard Globe after their stunning win. Credit: Getty Images

It mattered little to these boisterous members of the Roll The Dice syndicate, who race Globe, that the MRC, which owns Caulfield, is in turmoil.

They didn’t care that the ongoing racing wars between Victoria an

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