When the Herald contacted McKee on Thursday to inquire about the fitness level to resume in Saturday's $200,000 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings, the answer was: "He's fit enough to be value at $10 [the TAB quote on Thursday]."
McKee was spot on. The way Mufhasa won he would have been value at $6.
There is never much of a story about where Mufhasa will head, except he has never had luck in his Australian campaigns.
"Look, he's a 7-year-old gelding now and we'll be winning whatever we can with him," said Stephen McKee.
There is no reason to believe the Telegraph, at Trentham early next year, and the Waikato Draught will not be on for repeat victories again.
The widest smile outside the Mufhasa team came from Jimmy Choux's trainer John Bary.
The local horseman was under enormous pressure for his champion to resume after a spell with a top-drawer performance following the publicity that Jimmy Choux had galloped terribly 10 days or so earlier.
The Telecom Derby winner came with a powerful late dash from about seventh on the home bend, but by the time he'd worked up his full momentum Mufhasa had dashed clear and had the race won.
"That was huge," said a relieved Bary.
"It's just what I wanted to see."
Jimmy Choux looked fit and hard in the parade and is clearly in the right shape early in the season for big assignments.
Bary is toying with the idea of giving the horse perhaps just one more run before the Cox Plate and Jimmy Choux looks fit enough to cope with such a scant preparation for a major race.
Fleur De Lune once again proved she is one of the country's most under-rated horses by making the pace and clinging on for a gallant third.
"Lisa [Allpress] said all she needs is a very firm track," said trainer Lee Somervell.
In terms of looking at the staying races, Lion Tamer turned in a superlative performance to finish fourth.
He enjoyed a nice run along the rails, but was outsprinted when the heat when on.
"The tempo was a bit muddling and when the speed when on it took him a while to find his feet again," said rider Michael Coleman.
"But in the last 150m he really started to get wound up."
Lion Tamer looks physically stronger and with Saturday being his first race start in 40-something weeks, he can only improve.
Fritzy Boy, after trailing the speed, clung on for fifth just ahead of St Germaine, who has come up well and will land a nice race perhaps away from the very best.
Unquestionably one of the runs of the race was the seventh placing by Scarlett Lady.
The Queensland Oaks winner tailed off early and took a long time to build up momentum when James McDonald asked her to improve around runners from the 700m.
Scarlett Lady's last 400m had to be the fastest of the race - she was flying home on the line.
"I couldn't keep up early," said McDonald.
"She has gone massive."
You could not have asked for a better performance from a mare heading to the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
"We couldn't be more pleased with her," said co-trainer Debbie Rogerson.
Favourite Wall Street was a disappointment.
He didn't react well to the muddling pace, skying his head when the pace slowed, but even allowing for that he should have finished off better after getting up to second at the 350m.
Wall Street dropped out late and beat only Dancing Jess and Booming home. "You have to say that was very disappointing," said rider Opie Bosson.
Stewards ordered a veterinary examination of Wall Street, which revealed nothing was amiss physically.
