Rebel Dane's dazzling return brings Boss to his feet Glen Boss stood high in the irons, a la Puissance De Lune, as Rebel Dane crossed the line in Saturday's Show County Quality at Warwick Farm. The flamboyant hoop had said the four-year-old was a group 1 winner in waiting and this was confirmation. "I have always wanted to have a horse who could do that," trainer Gary Portelli said. He is the sort of horse you get up at 3am in the morning looking for. I was confident during the week, but you know in this game things can go wrong. That just confirmed what we were thinking. Rebel Dane settled midfield and Boss took no risks with getting to the centre of the track before unleashing an explosive turn of foot. He rounded up his rivals with an arrogance of a quality galloper, giving the jockey time to pose for the cameras, 1¼ lengths clear of Title, which nosed out Norzita for the minor money. Melbourne is the next stop for Rebel Dane with the Bobbie Lewis Quality down the straight at Flemington in two weeks pencilled in before a group 1 date in either the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 27 or Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield two days later. He was good, wasn't he? Really arrogant. Geez he gives you a feel when he goes, I never got near his bottom," Boss said. I gave him a couple of little backhanders to make sure he did the job and then he just coasted. I think with the void [in the sprinting ranks] he's got the good profile. He's very adaptable and is a cool sort of customer.