LOCAL trainer Cindy Brander took out the $15,000 Sunraysia Daily Mallee Cup at Sandilong Park on Tuesday with a namesake horse she and husband Wayne purchased for $20,000 only six weeks ago.

Branders Rule, ridden by Horsham hoop Christine Puls, won the second heat of the Mallee Cup at Sandilong Park, just over a second faster than first-heat winner Don’t Tell Sheriff over the 1400m trip. It was...