Street Cry
Encyclopedia
Street Cry is a Thoroughbred
racehorse
, winner of the 2002 Dubai World Cup
, the 2002 Stephen Foster Handicap
and runner up in the 2002 Whitney Handicap
. He is an international shuttle stallion that stands at the Darley Stud
s in Australia
and the US.
Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin Racing, he was by the dual Group One
(G1) winner Machiavellian, a son of Mr. Prospector
. His dam, Helen Street (dam of nine winners) was by multiple Group 1 winner Troy
.
(G2) and Norfolk Stakes (United States) (G2), before running third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
(G1).
(G3) and Discovery Handicap
(G3), at Aqueduct.
(G1).
for $150,000. After a two-year break, Street Cry returned in 2009 for a fifth season at Darley Stud, Kelvinside, in the Hunter Valley
where he stands at a fee of A$110,000. 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 produces "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."
: 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; average $165,000; top price $950,000.
In 2008: 35 sold; average $174,000; top price $484,000.
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
, winner of the 2002 Dubai World Cup
Dubai World Cup
The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and from 2010 at the Meydan Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
, the 2002 Stephen Foster Handicap
Stephen Foster Handicap
The Stephen Foster Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in mid-June near the end of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet in Louisville, Kentucky...
and runner up in the 2002 Whitney Handicap
Whitney Handicap
The Whitney Handicap is an American Grade 1 handicap race for Thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and older run at a distance of 1⅛ miles. In 2007, the Breeders' Cup Ltd...
. He is an international shuttle stallion that stands at the Darley Stud
Darley Stud
Darley Stud is a Thoroughbred breeding operation owned by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates. Darley breeds horses in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Dubai, Japan and Australia....
s in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the US.
Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin Racing, he was by the dual Group One
Group One
Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...
(G1) winner Machiavellian, a son of Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Kentucky, whose descendants have been dominant in the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. He won half of his 14 career races.-Background:...
. His dam, Helen Street (dam of nine winners) was by multiple Group 1 winner Troy
Troy (horse)
Troy was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by industrialist Sir Michael Sobell and his son-in-law Lord Weinstock, under trainer Dick Hern the colt notably won the 1979 Epsom and Irish Derbys en route to earning 3-Year-Old Champion honors as well as the British flat racing Champion Owner...
.
Two-year-old
After winning his maiden race, Street Cry placed second in the Del Mar FuturityDel Mar Futurity
The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. A Grade I event since 2007, the race is open to horses, age two, willing to race seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt and offers a purse of $250,000.The race is currently...
(G2) and Norfolk Stakes (United States) (G2), before running third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Breeders' Cup Juvenile
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships....
(G1).
Three-year-old
Street Cry won the UAE 2,000 Guineas, then placed second in both the UAE DerbyUAE Derby
The UAE Derby is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,800 metres on the Tapeta at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. It takes place annually during the Dubai World Cup Night in late March.It was first run in 2000 and attained...
(G3) and Discovery Handicap
Discovery Handicap
The Discovery Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the latter part of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York...
(G3), at Aqueduct.
Four-year-old
Won Dubai World Cup (G1), won Stephen Foster H (G1), and was second in the Whitney HandicapWhitney Handicap
The Whitney Handicap is an American Grade 1 handicap race for Thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and older run at a distance of 1⅛ miles. In 2007, the Breeders' Cup Ltd...
(G1).
Stud record
In America, Street Cry stands at Darley's Jonabell Farm in Lexington, KentuckyLexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
for $150,000. After a two-year break, Street Cry returned in 2009 for a fifth season at Darley Stud, Kelvinside, in the Hunter Valley
Hunter Valley
The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney with an approximate population of 645,395 people. Most of the population of the Hunter Region lives within of the coast, with 55% of the entire...
where he stands at a fee of A$110,000. 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 produces "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."
Notable progeny
- Majestic Roi (USA) Ch f. 2004. Won Sun Chariot StakesSun Chariot StakesThe Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October.The...
(G1) in England. - ShockingShockingShocking is an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Mark Kavanagh, who won the 149th Melbourne Cup on 3 November 2009 by three-quarters of a length.-Pedigree:...
, winner of the 2009 Melbourne Cup2009 Melbourne CupThe 2009 Melbourne Cup, the 149th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race was run on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, starting at 3:00 PM local time .The race was won by Shocking....
(G1) A$3,882,525. - Street Boss, ch.c. 2004: Triple Bend Invitational Handicap (G1), USA Bing Crosby Handicap (G1), stallion in Australia.
- Street Hero, b.c. 2006, winner of Norfolk Stakes (United States) (G1), stallion in Australia.
- Street SenseStreet Sense (horse)Street Sense is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2007 Travers Stakes and runner up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head. Owned and bred by James B...
, the only winner of the G1 Breeders' Cup JuvenileBreeders' Cup JuvenileThe Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships....
-Kentucky DerbyKentucky DerbyThe Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
double, plus Travers Stakes, $3,341,094, shuttle stallion in Australia. - TomcitoTomcitoTomcito is a Peruvian Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by Lexington, Kentucky's Chesapeake Farm and Darley Stud, the latter a part of the worldwide breeding/racing interests of Dubai's HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...
raced as a two-year-old in PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
winning two important G1 races against older horses. - WhobegotyouWhobegotyouWhobegotyou is a good Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that has now won nine races, including the Group One Caulfield Guineas and Yalumba Stakes for $3,115,450 in prize money....
, champion Australian racehorse, Caulfield GuineasCaulfield GuineasThe Caulfield Guineas is a Melbourne Racing Club Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held over 1600 metres at set weights for three-year-old horses, held annually on the second Saturday in October and forms part of the Spring Carnival at Caulfield Racecourse. Total prize money is A$1 million...
(G1) A$1,493,450. - ZenyattaZenyattaZenyatta is a retired American champion Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of 19 consecutive races in a 20-race career and American record-holder for consecutive victories without defeat in unrestricted races....
, the 2010 American Horse of the Year, defeated only once in her 20 career starts, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner ($2,000,903) and 2009 Breeders' Cup ClassicBreeders' Cup ClassicThe Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 year olds and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships...
(Grade I) winner (first mare/filly to win); the first horse ever to win two different Breeders' Cup races. She is the highest-rated US racehorse in the current, official World Thoroughbred Rankings.
Yearling sales record
In the southern hemisphereSouthern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
: 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
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
: 164 yearlings sold; average $165,000; top price $950,000.
In 2008: 35 sold; average $174,000; top price $484,000.