Racing: Darci Brahma key to Sires

Stephen Crutchley makes definite statements for someone with one of the shortest training careers in the business.

And he doesn't make many mistakes.

"Mi Jubilee will run better than she did at Matamata."

Given the brilliant filly won the Breeders Stakes at Matamata by 4 3/4 lengths, that's quite a statement, even going into a race like tomorrow's group one $120,000 Ford Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes.

"She's lifted since Matamata," Crutchley says of his filly. And she probably needs to.

This time it will not be against her own sex and in Wahid and Darci Brahma she faces two exceptional males.

Crutchley is right on the money when he says: "We know how good Wahid is, what we don't know is how far Darci Brahma will lift."

Darci Brahma displayed scary potential when he simply played with his opposition to win at Matamata two weeks ago. The almost casual way he sauntered around the field on the home turn when the others were doing their best was freakish.

If Darci Brahma improves as much from that race as he did between his debut victory and Matamata then he wins this.

The Danehill colt blew the mind of Hayden Tinsley when he got his first touch at Matamata and it will be good to get an opinion from Australian jockey Scott Seamer when he jumps from the saddle tomorrow. Seamer has ridden some very smart juveniles at home.

All trainer Mark Walker could say about Darci Brahma was: "He's a very exciting horse."