By Glenn Davis
Mareeba trainer Alex Malliff is accustomed to travel both as a trainer and in his former profession as a plumber.
But, nothing compares to the long haul to Brisbane with Love On Sunday for the $200,000 Country Cups Challenge Final at Doomben on Saturday.
“It’s a massive undertaking to float a horse from Mareeba to Brisbane as it’s half way to Melbourne,” Malliff said.
Love On Sunday booked his trip for the Country Cups Challenge Final by winning his last start at Home Hill on November 4.
Malliff has been training for only seven years and is best known as the conditioner of cult hero Paniagua who won the Country Cups Challenge Final at Doomben in 2020.