Rebel takes a bead at group glory Old firm: Border Rebel and Tim Bell surge to the line and victory atRosehill. The old team is back together, Sue Grills, Tim Bell and Border Rebel trying to excise the memories of the QTC Cup from three years ago. The bush sprinter was trying to get into the Stradbroke that afternoon, only to have little luck and be beaten by Catapulted. "We protested but didn't get it," Grills recalled. Things have changed a bit as Border Rebel heads to Eagle Farm for the same race on Saturday. Bell has gone from promising apprentice to an accomplished jockey based in Brisbane, and Border Rebel has chalked up a couple of listed wins while Grills has remained at Tamworth with her team of horses. "He has won listed races but never cracked it for that group win," Grills said. You look at where Tim is now - he has done well - and to have him on [Border Rebel] is great. We still talk all the time, and it would be great if the old combination could win this race, given the history. Border Rebel has a great record, winning 14 races, and he is unbeaten on heavy tracks - Grills is one trainer hoping for rain that Eagle Farm will chop out. The seven-year-old has returned to form at the right time, running fourth to Famous Seamus in listed company at Eagle Farm before a gutsy third to Satin Shoes in the Ortensia Stakes at Scone. "That run was excellent given the hard track," Grills said. He is the sort of horse that prefers a heavy 10 to a good 3, and we just haven't had any luck in getting on a wet track. We have been in races twice in Brisbane when they have been called off. I might be one of the only trainers that wants rain. Grills admitted the Stradbroke dream was beyond Border Rebel these days, and he is not nominated for Queensland biggest race on Saturday week. He will play spoiler if he wins the QTC Cup because it carries an exemption for the Stradbroke, but there remains one race Grills would love to win with him. "I would love him to win a Ramornie [Handicap, which will be run at Grafton in July], and it is something we are looking at," she said.