Darley based Street Cry (IRE) was euthanized last spring before he could cover
a mare and ever since his progeny have not stopped winning.Already well established as an elite sire in both hemispheres, Street Cry is riding high in Australia this year with 65 winners of over $6million in prizemoney headed by 10 stakes-winners.
His success has generally been achieved with three year-olds and older horses in Australia highlighted by star gallopers Shocking, Whobegotyou and Caulfield Guineas winner Long John, but this year he's broken the mould with an outstanding two year-old in Pride of Dubai.
A homebred for Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, Pride of Dubai is the only two year-old in Australia this season to win more than one Group I event having taken the MRC Blue Diamond Stakes and ATC Sires Produce Stakes.
A colt with a real dual hemisphere pedigree, Pride of Dubai is a half-brother to stakes-winner Al Aneed from stakes-placed Danehill mare Al Anood, a half-sister to French Group I winner Rafha, the dam of Group I winner and champion European sire Invincible Spirit.
Expected to be better again at three, Pride of Dubai (pictured Steve Hart) looms as the colt most
likely to take Street Cry's influence in Australia through to the next
generation which is no doubt why Coolmore swooped quickly to ensure he will
ultimately return to stand at the pace of his birth.Aged 16 at the time of his death, Street Cry is the sire of 89 stakes-winners worldwide, 16 of them Group I winners headed by the unforgettable Zenyatta and Breeders Cup Juvenile/ Kentucky Derby hero Street Sense, who gained some redemption from his less than stellar stud stint in Australia when leaving us the dual Group I winner Hallowed Crown.
With 6.5 % stakes-winners to foals and 8.2 % stakes-winners to runners, Street Cry is without doubt a top class sire and his progeny at the 2015 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale averaged an impressive $451,875.
His last crop of Australian foals, 110 of them, are now weanlings and will be in keen demand.
Inglis have just one that will be offered at their Select Weanling Sale, Lot 7 from Bell View Park, a colt from stakes-placed Prairie Star (NZ) , while Magic Millions have four youngsters catalogued and to see them click here.
Shuttle sires have changed the face of our breeding industry most notably through Danehill (USA) and now through the likes of the still active champion sire More Than Ready (USA) and Vancouver's sire Medaglia D'Oro (USA), which does make us wonder who will be the next to succeed?
Will it be a son of War Front or will it be a horse from left field like an Uncle Mo (USA), a Dream Ahead (USA), a Canford Cliffs (IRE) or an Animal Kingdom (USA)?
Whoever answers the question correctly will be right at the forefront of the next big wave of change and those who see it first are those who reap the biggest rewards.
