Street Cry: The reigning active sire by yearling sales average and Average-Earnings Index
Much like our featured stallion of last week, Medaglia d'Oro, it didn’t take long for the first crop sired by Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry to make its mark on the racetrack. Led by current Darley stallion Street Sense, this group of juveniles propelled their sire to number one among all freshman sires for 2006. But Street Cry has continued to top the charts in a multitude of categories ever since as you can see from the expanding list below:
- 2006 Leading First Crop Sire
- 2007 Leading Second Crop Sire
- 2008 Leading Third Crop Sire
- 2009 Co-Leading Sire of G1 Stakes Winners
- 2010 Leading Sire of Graded/Group Stakes Winners
- 2010 Leading Sire by Percentage of Stakes Winners to Runners
- 2011 Leading Active Sire by Yearling Average
- 2012, 2011, 2009 Leading Sire by Average-Earnings Index
Throughout his stud career, the term “G1 winner” has been synonymous with Street Cry, a total that currently stands at 13. Not long after Street Sense made history by completing the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile/Kentucky Derby double, another from that first crop made quite a name for herself as well, Horse of the Year Zenyatta. She recorded now fewer than 13 G1 wins, including the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Retiring after her narrow - and only career defeat – to Blame in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Zenyatta was bred to champion Bernardini in 2011, a mating that produced a weanling colt earlier this year.
John Ferguson, Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor, made this summation on the sire of Zenyatta: “Street Cry was a top two-year-old, arguably the second-best of his generation in the U.S., and he progressed from year to year, developing into an outstanding performer. All his racing was on dirt but I have absolutely no doubt that he would have been equally as good on turf. His greatest attribute was his fierce determination. He’s a fantastic combination of the brilliance of Machiavellian and the sobriety of Troy. His own progeny tend to have great temperaments; that and their determination are their defining characteristics. Street Cry is well capable of producing far better-looking horses than himself – the best example, to my mind, is Street Sense, a horse who is not only conformationally correct but who also has great presence and athleticism.”
Another from that fabulous first crop is also standing at Darley America, the multiple G1 winner Street Boss. A multiple track record-setter as well, no other current freshman sire has more winners in 2012. And on July 21, 2012, he entered the ranks of “stakes sire” as his undefeated two-year-old Bosco made his first career stakes a winning one north of the border in Canada. Further, Street Boss is the current leading freshman sire by sales average, a group of juveniles that includes the top-priced filly of $430,000 and the second highest-priced colt of $825,000.
But it’s not just in North America where Street Cry is making his presence felt. In Australia, champions and G1 winners Shocking and Whobegotyou lead a number crops “down under” that put Street Cry in an exclusive group of stallions to have led sire lists in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
And last but not least are his European runners. His most recent G1 winner came in the form of the filly Lyric of Light who captured the Fillies Mile late last year. And this year, his G1 class of runners included top-weighted three-year-old filly Princess Highway as well as top-class four-year-old Carlton House.
With this ongoing racetrack success at racing’s highest level, it should come as no surprise that Street Cry is also making his mark as a commercial sire. In fact, he is the reigning leading active sire of sales yearlings, having topped the list in 2011 just ahead of stud mate Bernardini. At Saratoga last year, Street Cry led a Darley America trifecta by sales average with Medaglia d’Oro and Bernardini rounding out the top three. While at Keeneland September, it was a Darley exacta of Street Cry and Bernardini. Street Cry’s yearlings last year included the second-highest price yearling of $1,200,000 with others bringing $925,000, $750,000, etc.
Street Cry’s 2011 and 2012 books reflect 78 G1 winners/producers, a list of mares and foals that include the likes of Zenyatta, Street Sense, Medaglia d’Oro, Raven's Pass, Ashado, Street Boss, and Wait A While, just to name a few. One might dare to suggest that Street Cry’s success on the track and in the sales ring will continue on for quite some time.
