Mark du Plessis and Red Tsunami return to scale following their win at Tauranga for trainer Tammy O'Brien
Trish Dunell
Tammy O'Brien will never forget her first runner at Tauranga with Red Tsunami providing the perfect result for the training newcomer.
The local horsewoman celebrated the first winner of her career on Saturday when the three-year-old broke through in the Bayleys Real Estate 1300.
"It's really exciting and the filly always tries really hard," O'Brien said. "She definitely deserved this. It's a big buzz."
Red Tsunami began her career with fellow Tauranga trainer Brian McKeagg and placed in two of her three starts before she transferred to part-owner O'Brien.
The chestnut's honest endeavours continued and she finished in the money in four of her first five starts before Mark Du Plessis got her home at the head of Saturday's field.
"She's just needed a little bit of luck and she will better on top of the ground and over more ground next season," O'Brien said. "She may have one or two more runs before she goes out for the winter."
Red Tsunami sat in behind the leading pack and came through closer to the fence in the straight to beat North Of The Wall.
"Congratulations to Tammy on her first winner and I think she'll get another one if placed right," Du Plessis said. "She wasn't that comfortable on the wet track."
The heavy going, however, was very much to the liking of a previously out of form Nahema.
A quick back-up from a trial placing earlier in the week proved a master stroke and she led all the way to win the Triton Pacific Owens Plate.
Nahema was a winner last season and finished runner-up in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes, but had been badly beaten in four subsequent starts. – NZ Racing Desk.
The local horsewoman celebrated the first winner of her career on Saturday when the three-year-old broke through in the Bayleys Real Estate 1300.
"It's really exciting and the filly always tries really hard," O'Brien said. "She definitely deserved this. It's a big buzz."
Red Tsunami began her career with fellow Tauranga trainer Brian McKeagg and placed in two of her three starts before she transferred to part-owner O'Brien.
The chestnut's honest endeavours continued and she finished in the money in four of her first five starts before Mark Du Plessis got her home at the head of Saturday's field.
"She's just needed a little bit of luck and she will better on top of the ground and over more ground next season," O'Brien said. "She may have one or two more runs before she goes out for the winter."
Red Tsunami sat in behind the leading pack and came through closer to the fence in the straight to beat North Of The Wall.
"Congratulations to Tammy on her first winner and I think she'll get another one if placed right," Du Plessis said. "She wasn't that comfortable on the wet track."
The heavy going, however, was very much to the liking of a previously out of form Nahema.
A quick back-up from a trial placing earlier in the week proved a master stroke and she led all the way to win the Triton Pacific Owens Plate.
Nahema was a winner last season and finished runner-up in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes, but had been badly beaten in four subsequent starts. – NZ Racing Desk.