Street Cry

Street Cry
SireMachiavellian
GrandsireMr Prospector
DamHelen Street (GB)
DamsireTroy
SexStallion
Foaled(1998-03-11)11 March 1998
Died17 September 2014(2014-09-17) (aged 16)
CountryIreland
ColourBay or brown
BreederSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
OwnerGodolphin Racing
TrainerSaeed bin Suroor
Record12: 5–6–1
Earnings$5,150,837
Major wins
UAE 2000 Guineas (2001)
Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3 (2002)
Dubai World Cup (2002)
Stephen Foster Handicap (2002)
Awards
Australian Champion Sire (2015)

Street Cry (11 March 1998 – 17 September 2014) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2002 Dubai World Cup, the 2002 Stephen Foster Handicap and runner up in the 2002 Whitney Handicap. He was an international shuttle stallion that stood at the Darley Studs in Australia and the United States.

He is noteworthy for being the sire of one of the greatest racehorses of all time, Winx, who was retired from racing in April 2019 with a world record of 25 Group One (G1) wins and also won the last 33 races of her career, the longest winning streak for a top-level racehorse in over a century. At her retirement, she was rated by Longines as the best racehorse in the world. He is also the sire of US racing sensation Zenyatta.

Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin Racing, he was by the dual G1 winner Machiavellian, a son of Mr Prospector. His dam, Helen Street (dam of nine winners) won the 1985 Irish Oaks and was by multiple Group One winner Troy.[1]

Racing record

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Two-year-old

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After winning his maiden race, Street Cry placed second in the Del Mar Futurity (G2) and Norfolk Stakes (United States) (G2), before running third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).

Three-year-old

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Street Cry won the UAE 2000 Guineas, then placed second in both the UAE Derby (G3) and Discovery Handicap (G3), at Aqueduct.

Four-year-old

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Won Dubai World Cup (G1), won Stephen Foster H (G1), and was second in the Whitney Handicap (G1).

Stud record

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In America, Street Cry stood at Darley's Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, for $150,000.[2] After a two-year break, Street Cry returned in 2009 for a fifth season at Darley Stud, Kelvinside, in the Hunter Valley where he stood at a fee of A$110,000.[3] During those five seasons in Australia, he covered 425 mares to produce 319 foals.

Darley's Chief Operating Officer, Oliver Tait, says that Street Cry produced "easy horses to train" that are "tough, willing, and genuine." Physically, his offspring have succeeded on "all distances and all surfaces" and "show incredible acceleration" so that they are "incredibly effective in the last quarter-mile of the race."[4]

He was euthanized in Australia on September 17, 2014, as a result of complications of a neurological condition.

At the time of his death, he had sired seven grade I winners in the Northern Hemisphere, including 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta; Street Sense, who won the 2007 Kentucky Derby; and grade I-winning sprinter Street Boss,[5] who won the Grade I Triple Bend Invitational Handicap and Bing Crosby Handicap.

His most notable progeny is Winx, rated as the best racehorse in the world and the winner of an unprecedented four Cox Plates. Winx was the 2015-16-17-18 Australian Horse of the Year and was retired from racing in April 2019 having won the last 33 races of her career plus a world record 25 Group 1s. Among her best wins are the Cox Plate (four times) and Doncaster Mile.[6]

Other notable progeny include Group I winner Majestic Roi, winner of the Sun Chariot Stakes (G1) in England; Caulfield Guineas winners in Long John in 2013 and Whobegotyou; Shocking, winner of the 2009 Melbourne Cup;[7] and Street Hero, winner of Norfolk Stakes, Tomcito who raced as a two-year-old in Peru winning two important G1 races against older horses.

Street Cry's two most famous daughters, Zenyatta (United States) and Winx (Australia), each reached the pinnacle in the sport of horse racing.

In the southern hemisphere his progeny included 107 yearlings sold for an average of $50,000 and a top price of $400,000. During 2009: 28 yearlings were sold; averaging $63,000 with a top price of $400,000. In the northern hemisphere: 164 yearlings sold for an average $165,000; top price $950,000. In 2008: 35 sold; average $174,000; top price $484,000.[8]

Notable progeny

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c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
2004 Majestic Roi f Sun Chariot Stakes
2004 Street Boss c Triple Bend Stakes, Bing Crosby Stakes
2004 Street Sense c Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Kentucky Derby, Travers Stakes
2004 Zenyatta f Apple Blossom Handicap (twice), Vanity Handicap (3 times), Lady's Secret Stakes (3 times), Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic, Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (twice), Breeders' Cup Classic, Santa Margarita Stakes
2005 Cry and Catch Me f Oak Leaf Stakes
2005 Seventh Street f Apple Blossom Handicap, Go For Wand Handicap
2005 Shocking c Melbourne Cup, Australian Cup
2005 Victor's Cry c Shoemaker Mile Stakes
2005 Whobegotyou g Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Stakes
2006 Here Comes Ben c Forego Stakes
2006 Street Hero c Norfolk Stakes
2009 Lyric of Light f Fillies' Mile
2010 Long John g Caulfield Guineas
2011 Heavens Above f Coolmore Classic
2011 New Year's Day c Breeders' Cup Juvenile
2011 Winx f Queensland Oaks, Epsom Handicap, W. S. Cox Plate (4 times), Chipping Norton Stakes (4 times), George Ryder Stakes (4 times), Doncaster Handicap, George Main Stakes (3 times), Caulfield Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3 times), Turnbull Stakes (twice), Winx Stakes
2012 Pride of Dubai c Blue Diamond Stakes, Sires' Produce Stakes
2012 Stay With Me f The Thousand Guineas
2013 Delta Prince c Maker's Mark Mile Stakes
2013 Zulu Alpha g Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational
2014 Oh Susanna f Paddock Stakes (twice), Sun Met, Woolavington 2000
2014 Trekking g Stradbroke Handicap, The Goodwood

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Street Cry (IRE), 1998[9]
Sire
Machiavellian (USA)
b. 1987
Mr. Prospector (USA)
b. 1970
Raise a Native Native Dancer
Raise You
Gold Digger Nashua
Sequence
Coup De Folie (USA)
b. 1982
Halo Hail to Reason
Cosmah
Raise the Standard Hoist the Flag
Natalma
Dam
Helen Street (GB)
b. 1982
Troy (GB)
b. 1976
Petingo Petition
Alcazar
La Milo Hornbeam
Pin Prick
Waterway (FR)
b. 1976
Riverman Never Bend
River Lady
Boulevard Pall Mall
Costa Sola

References

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  1. ^ "Street Cry Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ "America". www.darleyamerica.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Latest Australian News Headlines and World News". The Australian. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Training the Offspring of Street Cry | Videos". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Top Stallion Street Cry dead at age 16". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  6. ^ Roots, Chris (29 September 2016). "Winx takes out Australian horse of the year after unbeaten season". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Australian Stud Book - Horse". www.studbook.org.au. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  8. ^ Darley Stud Retrieved on 2009-9-3
  9. ^ "Street Cry". Retrieved 9 January 2020.