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Aleesha Bynder is proving to be a wonderful substitute for Coolup trainer Michael Brennan. She has brought the Brennan-trained five-year-old Whatabro to Gloucester Park twice for two wins.
Forty-five minutes after Brennan had driven Rona May into third place behind Northern Gaze in the seventh and final event at Bunbury’s Donaldson Park, Whatabro, the $2.30 favourite, set the pace for Dylan Egerton-Green and won the 2130m Go The Cardies Pace at Gloucester Park.
Whatabro’s previous win was eleven starts earlier, when the gelding finished strongly to win from Euphoria on July 29 when Bynder was in charge while Brennan was on a visit in Ireland.
“We won the start (from barrier one) and were able to hold out Euphoria, who had a crack for the lead,” said Egerton-Green after Whatabro had beaten $8.50 chance Master Publisher, who had trailed the pacemaker throughout.
Whatabro, a former South Australian performer, has been a consistent pacer, having raced 108 times for 23 wins, 39 placings and $165,456 in prizemoney. Whatabro is out of the Whats Next mare Whatacorka, who earned $7797 from three wins and 11 placings from 28 starts. Whatabro’s half-brother Come On Frank won the Group 1 Vicbred Four-Year-Old Super Sires Series final at Melton in May 2012 and was retired with earnings of $404,650 from 61 wins and 38 placings from 130 starts.