Darci Brahma
| Darci Brahma | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Danehill |
| Grandsire | Danzig |
| Dam | Grand Echezeaux |
| Damsire | Zabeel |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 2002 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Pencarrow Stud |
| Trainer | Mark Walker |
| Record | 19: 10-5-0 |
| Major wins | |
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The T J Smith (2005) New Zealand 2000 Guineas(2005) Otaki-Maori Weight for Age(2005) Waikato Sprint(2007) Telegraph Handicap(2007) |
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| Awards | |
| New Zealand Two Year Old of the Year (2004/5) | |
The T J Smith (2005)
New Zealand 2000 Guineas(2005)
Otaki-Maori Weight for Age(2005)
Waikato Sprint(2007)
Darci Brahma (Danehill-Grand Echezeaux) is a New Zealand thoroughbred colt foaled in 2002 at Pencarrow Stud near Cambridge in New Zealand. He was auctioned at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd Yearling Sales in January 2004 and acquired by a syndicate of ten investors for the sum of NZ$1.1 million.
Sent to trainer Mark Walker of Te Akau Racing Stables near Matamata for his early education, Darci Brahma quickly established a reputation as a potential star in the making winning his first race (January 2005) on debut, following that up with a strong win in the Listed Ford Fairview Slipper Stakes at Matamata in February and then running 2nd to Mi Jubilee in the Group One Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes at Ellerslie in March.
Darci Brahma was sent to Australia in June 2005 where he contested two races at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, finishing a creditable 4th over 1400 metres in the Queensland Sire Produce Stakes and then winning the Group One T J Smith over 1600 metres producing a withering run from last on the turn to win by a length.
These performances were sufficient to see Darci Brahma awarded the New Zealand Two Year Old of the Year Award for the 2004–05 racing season
After being turned out for a well earned rest, Darci Brahma resumed racing as a Three Year old in the 2005–06 season when he downed Dr Green in the Group 2 Hawkes Bay Guineas over 1400 metres in an Australasian record time of 1:19.97, following this up with further wins in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1500 metres) in October and the Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600 metres) at Riccarton in November, winning this event by four lengths.
After a spell, Darci Brahma tackled the older horses for the first time in the Group One Waikato Draught Sprint at Te Rapa in February 2006 where he was beaten into 2nd place by proven Weight For Age galloper Kristov. Three weeks later Darci Brahma turned the tables on Kristov by winning the Group One Otaki-Maori WFA (1600 metres).
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