Saturday, March 11, 2017

Street Cry's Champion Mares

Street Cry Dynasty  
   Racing at Rosehill and Flemington yesterday and the wins by Heavens Above in the group 1 Coolmore and Circular in the group 3 Schweppes Trophy both by the amazing Street Cry and with Winx having a track gallop between races at Rosehill. This inspired me to get my hand to a keyboard and write something on the great stallion. 
      Street Cry's biggest win was the Dubai World Cup before retiring with an injury.  He was by Machiavellian a Mr Prospector sire line out of a mare with a staying line pedigree and this makes his offspring very versatile.  In his first season at stud he sired the 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and Street Boss. Then he sired the Champion mare Zenyatta and Shocking, the 2009 Melbourne Cup winner . Zenyatta is ranked up among the greats like Secreteriat and its hard to deny her that . If you just look at her 19 wins from twenty starts posted below and of course that amazing head loss in the Breeders Cup at her last start . Street Cry's passing at 16 was a great loss but before he left he produced a mare that could possibly become the best of all time. Her name is Winx . 
 Zenyatta 19 Race Wins

   Its hard to deny Zenyatta as being his best up to now but Winx is chasing down that title and over the next 12 months may just earn her place as the greatest . She is now ranked as equal highest rated racehorse in the world with Arogate. If she stays sound and there is a good chance she will as Chris Waller looks after her. She may race through her six year old season and travel to Europe with the possibility of becoming the greatest of all time .This saturday in the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes, Winx goes for her 16th straight win, taking on the likes of Chautauqua and Le Romain then goes into the two million dollar Queen Elizabeth Stakes in her last start this preparation. 

Winx 2016 Cox Plate 

Heavens Above  2017 Coolmore Classic Group 1
   Zenyatta has Forli on her grand dam side and Forli sired that great dam Special who produced Nureyev and Saddlers Wells both by Northern Dancer. . There is a strong female line here . Zenyatta has lost two of her foals the most recent to War Front last year. She is currently in foal to Megdalia D'oro.
 Zenyatta 2nd Breeders Cup