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Street Cry 2YO strolls home in Anzac Day Stakes

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Smart two-year-old Long John (Street Cry – Hosiery, by Night Shift) raced his way into Darley’s spring three-year-old team with his comfortable victory in Thursday’s Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1410m) at Flemington.

Long John had no trouble maintaining his unbeaten record after three starts after showing neat acceleration from a position just behind the speed to win the $120,000 contest by 3-3/4 lengths.

The son of Street Cry (Machiavellian – Hosiery, by Night Shift) started his career with a win at Bendigo on March 28 before taking his form to won with another success at Sandown on April 10.

Darley’s Melbourne foreman Paul Snowden, son of head trainer Peter Snowden, said the gelding had responded to a patient approach with him in his early days in the operation’s Flemington stable.

“He was a very heavy horse as a younger horse, but still very immature and he just needed time to come into himself and grow into himself,” Snowden said. “He’s certainly showing the fruits of that now.

“I really think he can get a lot further than today. He’s got a great action, he seems to get lower as he quickens and he’s strong.

“1400 (metres) is as far as he’s gone this time, but each time he has raced he’s certainly run right through the line. His breeding says he’s going to get a lot further as well.”

Snowden said Darley would nominated the homebred for “all of the big spring three-year-old races”  and will give him the chance to prove himself worthy of a run in events such as the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Long John became the 62nd stakes winner for Street Cry and joined Metastasio (Street Cry – Libretto, by Singspiel) and Za Moulin Rouge (Street Cry – La Sizeranne, by Stravinsky) as stakes winner emerging from the sire’s 2012/13 two-year-old crop. Long John is a half-brother to two-year-old stakes winner Ribald (Strategic – Hosiery, by Night Shift).

Darley has set a service fee of $110,000 (inc. GST) for Street Cry in the 2013 breeding season.

10-minute 2YO Stakes double for Street Cry

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Smart filly Metastasio (Street Cry – Libretto, by Singspiel) provided the first leg of a quick two-year-old stakes double for Darley stallion Street Cry (Machiavellian – Helen Street, by Troy) with her win in the Listed Chairman’s Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.

Metastasio led throughout to win the Chairman’s Stakes in dominant fashion 10 minutes before Za Moulin Rouge produced a terrific debut performance to claim the Listed Queen Adelaide Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville for trainer Mark Kavanagh.

Metastasio is not among the 49 third declarations for the Blue Diamond Stakes but her trainer Peter Snowden said he would advise the Darley operation to pay a $55,000 late entry fee to run the unbeaten youngster in the $1 million event on February 23.

“We have got to pay up for her but I am sure the team will be keen to get her there, as I am, in three weeks,” Snowden said. “I think she is a gifted athlete with a great turn of foot. For two-year-olds, that is rare and it is very good to have.

“I’ll talk to the team. It was a Listed race today so I think she’s earned it. She’s two for two so I think she has paid her way in there.”

Za Moulin Rouge, a $NZ320,000 purchase from the 2012 Karaka Premier Yearling Sale, played up in the gates but managed to eventually focus on the task at hand.

The filly settled third in the small field before extending like a promising type to score a comfortable 3-1/4-length win over the Victorian filly Sworn Revenge (Stratum – Dance Of Dreams, by Dehere).

Za Moulin Rouge is out of the classy mare La Sizeranne (Stravinsky – Tricia Ann, by Zabeel), who won the 2006 Winter Stakes (1400m) in Brisbane as well as two Group 3 events in New Zealand.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club paid $NZ170,000 for La Sizeranne’s colt by Bernardini (AP Indy – Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American) at last week’s 2013 NZB Premier Sale at Karaka.

The double strike left Street Cry with 60 stakes winners worldwide.

 

Group 2 Australia Stakes win for Street Cry 5YO

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Street Cry (Machiavellian – Helen Street, by Troy) gelding Sea Lord (Street Cry – Dream Lass, by Dream Well) has reaped the benefits of a love of the Moonee Valley track by winning Friday’s Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

The gelding, a $NZ400,000 purchase at the 2009 NZB Premier Yearling Sale, won a Listed race for his original trainer David Payne before his new handler Stephen Brown bought the horse as part of a package deal including stakes winner Winter King (One Cool Cat – Something Special, by Bletchingly).

“We bought him in Sydney with a horse called Winter King. He came in a package,” Brown said. “I more wanted Winter King but I am happy to have him too.”

Sea Lord took an instant liking to the Moonee Valley track, winning his first two starts for Brown at the track, including the Listed Chandler McLeod Stakes (1200m) in September last year.

The five-year-old won another sprint at the track during last October’s Cox Plate carnival before becoming a Group winner with his latest-pace success.

“We drew one and the rail was the place to be so just lead on him and run him,” Brown said. “It’s good when you have got little horses like him in the stable and he’s getting better.”

Another son of Street Cry, the outstanding Group 1 performer Whobegotyou (Street Cry – Temple Of Peace, by Carnegie) also relished racing at Moonee Valley, winning four Group 2 races at the unique track, including two editions of the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m).

Street Cry filly now a Blue Diamond contender

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Metastasio could become Street Cry’s first Australian Group 1-winning juvenile ifshe contests the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on February 9.

Trained by Peter Snowden, Metastasio (Street Cry – Libretto, by Singspiel) led throughout to win the $80,000 Nursery Plate (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Street Cry, who locally has sired the likes of Shocking (Street Cry – Maria di Castiglia, by Danehill), Whobegotyou (Street Cry – Temple of Peace, by Carnegie) and Midnight Martini (Street Cry – Benvenuta, by Zabeel), is known to produce later maturing types over further ground in the southern hemisphere.

However, Street Cry has produced outstanding juveniles in the US with his son Street Sense (Street Cry – Bedazzle, by Dixieland Band) winning the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in 2006 while Street Sense (Street Cry – Squall Linda, by Summer Squall) was third in the 2008 running of the event.

Sarthemare (Street Cry – City Liffey, by Citidancer) remains Street Cry’s only juvenile stakes winner in Australia, following her win in the listed Black Opal Stakes at Canberra in 2008.

Metastasio is out of Libretto, an unraced mare. She has produced two other winners, both of them by Elusive Quality.

Two from two for Zenyatta’s half-sister

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Eblouissante (Bernardini – Vertigineux, by Kris S), a half-sister to former US champion Zenyatta (Street Cry – Vertigineux, by Kris S), maintained her unbeaten record with a strong win at Santa Anita.

Zenyatta won 13 Grade 1 races in her 20-start career with her only defeat coming in her final start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (1-1/4m) at Churchill Downs in 2010.

Eblouissante won a maiden on debut at Hollywood Park on November 16 last year before stepping up to an Allowance race for first appearance of 2013.

The four-year-old settled at the back of the field for jockey Corey Nakatani before sweeping around her rivals to score what turned out to be an easy 1-3/4 length victory.

“She’s a lot like her dam in a lot of ways, slow out of the gate, big strides,” trainer John Shirreffs told The Bloodhorse.

“She sat nicely. She moved up nicely. She stayed right where Corey wanted her, and at the end picked it up a little more. It was very good.”

Shirreffs said he would confer with Eblouissante’s owner before deciding her next outing.

Zenyatta’s little sister to debut at Hollywood Park

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A half-sister to champion US mare Zenyatta (Street Cry – Vertiginieux, by Kris S) will make her racetrack debut at Hollywood Park on Friday.

Zenyatta suffered only one defeat in her 20-start career, when she finished second to Blame (Arch – Liable, by Seeking The Gold) in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic (1-1/4m) at Santa Anita.

Zenyatta won 13 Grade 1 races while prepared by trainer John Shirreffs.

Eblouissante (Bernardini – Vertiginieux, by Kris S) is a three-year-old filly by Darley stallion Bernardini (A P Indy – Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American).

Zenyatta’s breeder Eric Kronfeld also bred Eblouissante and retains ownership of the filly. Eblouissante will start her career over 1-1/16 miles with jockey Corey Nakatani aboard.

Eblouissante will begin her career without the aid of anti-bleeding drug Lasix.

Half-sister to Pierro foaled on Tuesday

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Darley has announced Pierro’s (Lonhro – Miss Right Note, by Daylami) dam Miss Right Note (Daylami – Sky Song, by Sadler’s Wells) has foaled a half-sister to the newly-crowned Australian Champion Two-Year-Old.

Pierro won all six of his juvenile starts, including the Group 1 Golden Slipper, ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and Champagne Stakes before returning to post another win in the Group 3 Run To The Rose (1200m) at his first three-year-old start.

Pierro’s little sister has plenty to live up to. The bay filly, which was foaled on Tuesday morning is by another champion sire, Street Cry (Machiavellian – Helen Street, by Troy), the sire of Zenyatta (Street Cry – Vertigineux, by Kris S) and the recently-deceased star Whobegotyou (Street Cry – Temple Of Peace, by Carnegie).

The foal is from the same family as former Italian champion galloper Laverock (Octagonal – Sky Song, by Sadler’s Wells).

Street Cry filly takes Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot

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Moyglare Stud-bred filly Princess Highway (Street Cry – Irresistible Jewel, by Danehill) is on track for next month’s Group 1 Irish Oaks (12f) after her easy win in Thursday’s Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes (12f) at Royal Ascot.

The daughter of Street Cry streaked to a six-length success to show impressive improvement on her maiden Stakes win in the Group 3 Blue Wind Stakes at Naas on May 16

Princess Highway quickened appreciably from a position near the speed to dispose of talented fillies The Fugue (Dansili – Twlya Tharp, by Sadler’s Wells) and Shirocco Star (Shirocco – Spectral Star, by Unfuwain).

Princess Highway followed in the footsteps of her dam Irresistible Jewel (Danehill – In Anticipation, by Sadler’s Wells), who won the Ribblesdale Stakes a decade ago.

“It’s nice to come back and win the same race we won a number of years ago with her dam,” Weld the British Horseracing Authority. “She’s been a backward filly but progressed well during the spring and she beat the winner of the Epsom Oaks (Was) convincingly last time out.

“I thought this was an excellent renewal of the Ribblesdale, so we really had to improve to win today, and she’s gone and done it. Ascot has always been very lucky for me and she is a late developing filly.

“I thought Epsom might come a bit too soon for her and we gave her a little bit more time to come here today and go on for the Irish Oaks.

“She’s in the Yorkshire Oaks and I’m not certain whether I put her in the Arc. She’s a filly we look forward to not just this year, but next year as well.”

Zenyatta foals a colt at Lane’s End Farm

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Champion US mare Zenyatta (Street Cry – Vertigineux, by Kris S) has thrown her first foal after delivering a healthy colt to Darley stallion Bernardini (A P Indy – Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American) at Lane’s End Farm.

Zenyatta won 19 of her 20 starts during her outstanding career with her only defeat coming in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic (10f) in November 2010.

The mare’s owners Jerry and Ann Moss announced the news via Zenyatta’s online diary hosted on the star’s dedicated homepage www.zenyatta.com .

Dear, dear, dear friends, I am so proud and elated to share the news with you that I am now a MOM,” the post read.

“I just gave birth to a lovely dark bay COLT, March 8th, at approximately 10:10 p.m. Eastern Time.

“My adorable foal weighed in at 130 pounds, has a white star on his forehead….and some white on his feet.”

Street Cry filly wins UAE Oaks

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Falls Of Lora (3 f Street Cry – Firth Of Lorne, by Danehill) gave trainer Mahmood al Zarooni his third classic of the UAE season when she won Thursday evening’s G3 UAE Oaks (1900m) at Meydan to add to his wins in this season’s UAE 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas.

Mary Fildes (Chineur) hung on for second with Alsindi (Acclamation) just edging out Moon Spun (Black Minnalouse) for third.

James Doyle sent the Stan Moore-trained Mary Fildes into an immediate lead and she moved further clear, racing down the back straight to be at least 12 lengths in front as they straightened from home.

Doyle’s adventurous tactics looked like they were going to pay off, but his mount ran out of gas in the final strides to be caught by Mickael Barzelona on Falls Of Lora late on.

Pimpernel, second in the UAE 1,000 Guineas behind stablemate Gamilati, was sent off a warm order favourite to add this race to her haul of four wins last year, but she was unable to make any impact on the race having had just one behind at the top of the straight.

“I admit I was worried three furlongs out when I thought the runner-up had stolen it. Pimpernel was too keen early on and probably has not stayed but Falls Of Lora has saved the day.”¬†Al Zarooni said.

“We will look at the UAE Derby with her but Kinglet is probably our main hope at the moment. We will look at the entries and decide later on so it remains a possibility.”