Santic stud secures group 1-winning son of Street Cry from US
Andrew Garvey
June 12, 2009
AFTER successfully launching into the stallion market last year with Purrealist, Makybe has announced it will stand a new stallion at its Gnarwarre base this coming season.
While Purrealist was a yearling purchase by Tony Santic and partners in Australia, the new horse, Street Hero, is a group 1 winner in the US. A son of highly regarded Darley stallion Street Cry, who has had great success in both hemipsheres, Street Hero was retired after his two-year-old season due to injury.
In just six starts, he won the group 1 Norfolk Stakes, beating champion US two-year-old Midshipman, was placed in the Breeders Cup Juvenile and Del Mar Futurity, and was never unplaced.
His dam, Squall Linda, who was a group 3 placegetter, is from the family of November Rain that has enjoyed so much success in Australia.
■One stallion who does not need any deals is Victoria's leading active sire, Bel Esprit. The Eliza Park-based son of Royal Academy has had another successful season with the likes of group 1 winner Bel Mer, unbeaten two-year-old Black Caviar and boom galloper Work The Room keeping his name prominent in recent months.
Last weekend in Singapore, Bel Mer's brother Moorings added to the list by winning a group 3 race for trainer Michael Freedman.
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