Lachie Neale has had a rare bright spot amid the drama surrounding the breakdown of his marriage to wife Jules as the horse he part-owns won a race in dramatic fashion last weekend.
However, the victory has brought the gelding’s very unfortunate name to the fore: he’s called Two Time Charlie.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘two-time’ as ‘to deceive someone you are having a relationship with by having a secret sexual relationship with someone else at the same time’.
There has been heavy speculation about what caused the Neales’ marriage to disintegrate ever since Jules publicly alleged she’d suffered the ‘ultimate betrayal’ in a stunning social media message.
Neale appeared to blame himself for the split when he stepped down as Brisbane Lions co-captain earlier this month, saying, ‘I can say that I have let my family down, and I apologise for my actions, which have hurt those closest to me, and for that I am deeply sorry.’
The Daily Mail does not imply that Neale was unfaithful to Jules.
Lachie Neale has had a rare win after spending weeks at the centre of heavy speculation about the disintegration of his marriage to wife Jules (pictured together)
The horse the Brisbane Lions star part-owns (pictured) scored a dramatic maiden win in a race in Western Australia last weekend – but the victory brought its unfortunate name to the fore: Two Time Charlie
Pictured left to right: Tess Crosley, Lachie Neale, Ben Crosley and Jules Neale in a photo that has become central to the drama over the footy star’s split
Two Time Charlie was trailing the other 11 horses in the field before winning by a nose after putting on a burst of acceleration once he got to the home turn at the Bunbury Turf Club.
The three-year-old paid $7.10 from the TAB in just his second start.
Neale is part of a syndicate that owns the horse.
It is unclear who named him Two Time Charlie.
The Lions two-time premiership winner isn’t the only footy name involved with the horse.
Former West Coast Eagles star Hayden Ballantyne heads the syndicate, which also features Eagles premiership player Chris Waterman and his son, current Eagles star Jake.
Two Time Charlie cost $110,000, with horses of that value expected to be able to win events like the one in Bunbury.
Jules appeared to implicate her former best friend Tess Crosley in the ‘betrayal’ when she told her to take down an Instagram photo of the two of them with their husbands and wrote, ‘Take these [photos] down, you idiot you’re embarrassing yourself,’ in a since-deleted social media comment.
Neale has stepped down as co-captain of the Brisbane Lions while Jules (pictured together) has moved back to Perth
Tess Crosley (pictured) has emerged as a big player in the scandal after Jules sent her a pointed message in a since-deleted social media post
It has now emerged that it was another Brisbane Lions WAG who allegedly caught Lachie, 32, in a compromising position with Tess in a car.
According to the Herald Sun, the woman who discovered the pair is said to have sought advice from another AFL player’s partner before breaking the news to Jules.
Jules has since returned to her home state of Western Australia in the wake of her split from Lachie, along with the former couple’s two children, Piper and Freddie.
Lachie was recently spotted moving his belongings into a bachelor pad in Brisbane as he decides whether to stay with the Lions or return to Perth as well.
