Street
Cry, one of the world's most successful stallions and a cornerstone of Sheikh
Mohammed's racing and breeding operations for the past 14 years, has been put
to sleep at the age of 16 after succumbing to complications relating to a
neurological condition.
The runaway winner of the Dubai World Cup and Stephen Foster for Godolphin in
2002 was retired to stand at Darley's Jonabell Farm in Kentucky in 2003 and has
been a headline stallion ever since. His first crop included the incomparable
Zenyatta and Street Sense – still the only horse to win both the Breeders' Cup
Juvenile and the Kentucky Derby.
Street Cry has made a similar impact in Australia, siring two Caulfield Guineas
winners in Long John and Whobegotyou and Emirates Melbourne Cup winner
Shocking. In all, Street Cry has sired 15 G1 winners and almost 150 Black type
performers worldwide to date.
His legacy as a sire of sires is already well established.Three of his young
stallion sons have sired G1 winners.
Sheikh Mohammed's Bloodstock Advisor John Ferguson said, "Street Cry epitomised
everything that Darley and Godolphin aim to achieve – he was bred by Sheikh
Mohammed in Ireland, excelled at the very highest level on the racecourse in
Dubai and the US, and then became the lynchpin of our stallion operations in
both America and Australia. His contribution to the breed has been significant
and we have been so fortunate to have him. He will be sorely missed by
everyone."