The Oaks Stud general manager, Rick Williams, was quietly confident leading into the weekend that owner Dick Karreman and resident stallion Darci Brahma could be in for plenty of thrills from their racing representatives at Hastings and Ruakaka on Saturday.
However, even he couldn't predict the level of success they would enjoy with Karreman represented by four individual winners, all sired by Darci Brahma, who also added two further victories to rack up a sensational six successes for the day.
"I said to a few people that we had our A team running on the weekend so if we didn't go too well it was going to be a pretty tough drive home," Williams said. "What eventuated was pretty sensational and probably even exceeded my expectations.
"Dick was watching it all unfold from home and I know he got a huge kick out of it.
"He is a non-drinker but he even told me he might have a couple to celebrate on Saturday night, so that was something very special."
