Street Cry

Street Cry (March 11, 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 US. He is also noteworthy for being the sire of two of the greatest racehorses of all-time, Zenyatta and Winx.

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) won the 1985 Irish Oaks and was by multiple Group 1 winner Troy.^[1]

Racing record

Stud record

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 Region 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 7 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. Other notable progeny included 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;^[6] Street Hero, winner of Norfolk Stakes, Tomcito who raced as a two-year-old in Peru winning two important G1 races against older horses; and Winx, 2015-6 Australian Horse of the Year after an undefeated season that included the Cox Plate and Doncaster Mile.^[7]

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

Between 2008 and 2010, Zenyatta won her first 19 consecutive starts, including 13 Grade-1 races on both dirt and synthetic surfaces. In every race, Zenyatta began in last place and amazed sports fans by overcoming seemingly impossible distances from her competitors with stretch runs that were simply unbelievable. Zenyatta's most famous win was in the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic (G-1), where she defeated the world's best male racehorses on dirt at the distance of 1 1/4 miles. Her only loss was in the 2010 Breeders Cup Classic (G-1) at Churchill Downs, where, despite falling 20 lengths back at the start of the race, she finished second by inches in a photo finish to Blame. Zenyatta finished her career of 20 races with 19 wins and one second. At the time of her retirement, Zenyatta was the all-time leading female money winner in world history, with earnings of US$7,304,580. Zenyatta was the American Horse of the Year in 2010, the American Champion Older Female Horse in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and the first recipient of the Secretariat Vox Populi Award in 2010. She was inducted into the Hall-of-Fame in 2016 in her first year of eligibility. Zenyatta, who is often compared to the greatest American racehorses of all-time, remains widely popular in America and was twice featured on 60 Minutes. In 2009 and 2010, Zenyatta finished runner-up to skier Lindsey Vonn (2009) and tennis player Serena Williams (2010) for the Associated Press Athlete of the Year, earning the distinction of being the closest any animal has ever come to capturing the top honor for athletes. The Zenyatta Stakes is run annually in her honor at Santa Anita Park, a race track where she never lost. At Santa Anita Park in 2012, a life-sized statue of Zenyatta was erected next to American race legends Seabiscuit and John Henry.

Winx, the superstar thoroughbred racehorse from Australia, is currently the top-ranked racehorse in the world. Winx maintains a 28-race win streak that dates back to May 2015 and includes 21 Group-1/Grade-1 victories. She is currently on a streak of 9 consecutive Group-1/Grade-1 wins, which ties her for the world record of consecutive Grade-1/Group-1 wins with Zenyatta and Frankel (Great Britain). In her career thus far, Winx has raced 38 times and finished first on 32 occasions, with two second-place finishes. To date, Winx has earned A$19,882,425, a world record. Winx's next race is the 2018 Cox Plate and Moonee Valley, where she seeks to win for the fourth year in a row in what would be her 29th consecutive victory. Winx was named the World's Top-Ranked Turf Horse in 2016 and 2017. Additionally, Winx was named the Australian Horse of the Year in 2015/6, 2016/7, and 2017/8, and was named the Australian Champion Middle Distance Racehorse in 2015/6, 2016/7, and 2017/8. In 2017, Winx was inducted in the Hall-of-Fame, becoming only the third horse in history to be inducted while still in training. Winx won the inaugural stakes race named in her honor (Winx Stakes). Winx appeared on 60 minutes and in August 2018 the Australian Post released a stamp issue in her honor. Winx's Timeform rating is 134.

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]

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