street cry
Britishnoun
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She was the daughter of Street Cry, who fathered a Kentucky Derby winner named Street Sense, but had no greater moment as a sire than Zenyatta’s birth.
From Los Angeles Times
That pedigree, with Lil Indy as dam, has New Year’s Day, “an unheralded sire” as Bradley put it, winner of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile before being retired at 2, with an accomplished stallion as grandsire, Street Cry, father of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta.
From Washington Post
One of two Derby entrants owned by Gary and Mary West — Game winner is the other — the son of New Year’s Day and Street Cry by Lil Indy has won his starts by a combined 37 3/4 lengths at Gulfstream Park.
From Seattle Times
The massive daughter of Street Cry could not catch Dubai World Cup winner Curlin for horse of the year in 2008 despite winning every start in a season that ended with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic while Curlin faltered in fourth in the all-male Classic.
From Los Angeles Times
He may be winless in six career starts and he’s breaking from the rail, but the son of Street Cry is the only horse in the field to have a sire who has previously produced a winner: Street Sense in 2007.
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