Orange Shore proved to be a saviour when she was triumphant on debut and the filly gets an opportunity to double her tally at Matamata today.
She is prepared by Peter McKay for breeder Gerry Harvey, who stands her sire Swiss Ace at his Westbury Stud operation at Karaka, and the 3-year-old was his first training success for her Australian-based owner.
"I did have two horses for him, but I had to sack Tyrion the same day that Orange Shore won," McKay said.
He had expected Orange Shore to give a bold account of herself in the hands of Mark Du Plessis at the first time of asking last month, but he was particularly wary of son Shaun's mount Solomon.
"We were confident she would run well and she dug deep, but I had thought that Shaun would win," McKay said. "She has come through the race very well."