Tetrick was like his namesake when notching his first win in New Zealand at Oamaru on Wednesday.
The Australian-bred and owned squaregaiter showed his true worth when putting the mistakes he had made in his first two starts on this side of the Tasman firmly behind him.
Tetrick is named after North American driving great Tim Tetrick and owned by harness racing media personality Brittany Graham.
The trotter made the move to New Zealand with her owner when she took up her position with Trackside television last year.
Graham is an accomplished horsewoman with 314 wins in the sulky in Australia, as well as 42 training victories.
While Tetrick is trained by Cran and Chrissie Dalgety, they are not keen to take too much of the credit for the horse’s Oamaru victory.
"Brittany is out at the stable most mornings, working around her media commitments and it would be an understatement to say this horse is her pride and joy," Cran Dalgety said.
"She puts the time into him and puts all the finishing touches on him, so we were rapt to see the horse on his best behaviour and showing them what he is made of.
"Britt is a very capable horsewoman and she not only talks the talk, she’s hands-on in the industry here, which is a real positive."
Tetrick had shown good manners in most of his starts behind the tapes in Australia, where Graham trained him to win his maiden.
After a faultless display at Oamaru with Carter Dalgety in the sulky, the Dalgety camp is now hopeful their Australian import has put his previous errors behind him.
"It was probably a bit of a shock to him when he met a full field on the grass at Motukarara first up," Dalgety said.
"We have done a bit of tinkering with him and he was very good today.
"Being penalty-free it was a real bonus. He’s nominated for Addington on Friday and as he stays in the same grade it would be a good option to start him.
"We will see how he comes through this run and the trip down south.
"With where he sits in the ratings we would like to think that wouldn’t be his last win.
"He did his share of work in the run and Carter said he had them covered nicely up the straight."
It was not all good news for Australian-bred trotters at Oamaru, hot favourite He Aint Fakin missing away and taking no part in an earlier trot.
