Daniel Pell will never forget Australian Cup night, 2022.
Pell, 44, and mother Bev, celebrated a popular Group breakthrough when homebred pocket rocket Love The City flew home to record a thrilling victory in the G3 Country Championship final (525m), the race that launched Aston Rupee to superstardom last year.
In unforgettable circumstances for the Toolleen-based Pells, just one race earlier, Red Reactor, a Fernando Bale x Subconscious litter brother to Love The City, ran second in the G3 GRV Vic Bred Maiden final (525m).
“It was a ripper of a night,” said Pell.