IN THE MOOD AT INGLIS EASTER

Lot 445 Street Cry (IRE) - Tugela (USA)
(Photo : Inglis)

INGLIS EASTER YEARLING SALE
10 - 12 April 2012

While not reaching the heights of Wednesday’s session of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Thursday’s third and final round of bidding provided a few fireworks of its own, led by a A$1.2-million final bid for Lot 445, a Street Cry (Ire) half-brother to Horse of the Year and three-time G1 Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva (GB) (Desert King). The action quickly reached the seven-figure mark before topping out with a winning salvo from trainer Peter Moody, one of Australia’s top trainers responsible for the racetrack exploits of the nation’s superstar Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit).

“He’s a real trainer’s horse, and doesn’t look like a show pony,” said Moody shortly after the purchase. “He’s not Makybe’s brother now, he’s a racehorse, so I hope we can make him one.” The colt was consigned by Makybe, the same operation that sold a Redoute’s Choice (Aus) half-sister to Black Caviar for A$2.6 million the previous day.

In addition to the A$14.5-million earner, the 17-year old Tugela (Riverman) has produced two additional group winners - Musket (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice) and Valkyrie Diva (Aus) (Jade Robbery).

“I’ve seen all of that mare’s foals, except Makybe Diva as a foal, and she was the nicest foal she had thrown,” admitted Moody. “I really liked the colt, so I was very attracted to him.” The colt’s sire, Darley’s Street Cry, has been responsible for several champions in the U.S., including G1 Kentucky Derby hero and champion sophomore Street Sense and Horse of the Year Zenyatta, but he has also earned distinction down under, siring the 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Shocking (Aus). “Street Cry has done a tremendous job here,” said Moody. “I haven’t had much experience with him, but I was very taken with him as an individual and obviously, mom is a damn good producer.”

Final Results

Final	2012	2011
Catalogued	451	417
No. Offered	398	383
No. Sold	330	310
RNA’s	68	73
% RNA	17%	19%
High Price	A$2,600,000	A$1,025,000
Gross	A$72,825,000	A$74,240,000
Average (% change)	A$220,682 (-7.9%)	A$239,484
Median (% change)	A$160,000 (-11.1%)	A$180,000

Extract from Thoroughbred Daily News

STREET CRY’S STAR HAS NEVER BEEN BRIGHTER

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OF SHOCKING, ZENYATTA AND THE EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN

As South Africans rejoiced Herman Brown’s ground breaking third in the “race that stops the Australian nation”, with the much publicized Chechen President’s Mourilyan, horsemen around the world were left to reflect on what other heights Street Cry can still scale.

Besides having the favourite for Saturday’s Breeders Cup Classic in the United States (the unbeaten Zenyatta), his son Shocking prevailed this morning over one of the better line-ups in recent years in the Melbourne Cup. For some time now, we’ve been tipping Street Cry as the natural heir to the present emperor of American Stallions, A.P.Indy, and with Group One winners in the northern, the southern and the western hemispheres, it seems his ascendancy is now secure.

They run on every surface, he has champions from six furlongs to two miles, and it seems they’re as durable as old boots.

Anyone attending the panel session following the Emperors Palace Ready To Run gallops at Summerhill on the 16^th October (or for that matter tuned into Tellytrack last night) will have noticed that at least four of the panellists tipped the Street Cry entry in Sunday’s sale as the standout female in the catalogue (lot 89). For what its worth, this is the last of the southern hemisphere bred Street Cry’s for the time being. He stopped shuttling three years ago, and while he resumed again this season, you have to wonder whether, as one of the most valuable properties in the world, he’s is likely to repeat it again.

 

EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE
8 NOVEMBER 2009

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