A day after the success of Street Cry recording his 12th G1 winner with Here Comes Ben and Shamardal being representing by his 16th Stakes winner, the closely related stallions were once again back in the fray.
Last season's G1 Melbourne Cup winner Shocking (Street Cry) was crowned the Champion Stayer at the Australian Racehorse of the Year awards held in Melbourne on Sunday night.
It was a fitting result for the five-year-old who a day earlier had kept his unbeaten Flemington record intact, scoring an exciting win in the G2 Makybe Diva Stakes over the mile.
Thrust into favouritism for the the upcoming Melbourne Cup based on his second-up victory, the Mark Kavanagh-trainee has now recorded six wins and in excess of $4 million for his connections.
Dual G1-winning Shamardal (pictured) filly Faint Perfume was crowned the Champion Three-Year-Old filly of the year at the awards night, defeating a handy line up with included G1 winners Melito, Dariana and More Joyous.
Trained by the maestro Bart Cummings, Faint Perfume took all before her during the Spring, recording a dominant win in the G1 VRC Oaks, before returning in the Autumn to win the G1 Vinery Stud Stakes and finish a gallant second in the G1 AJC Oaks.
Having her second run from a spell on September 4, the Patinack Farm-owned Shamardal mare No Evidence Needed took the G2 Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington and will now head towards the G1 Myer Classic on the first day of the Melbourne Cup carnival. In giving her sire his 16th Stakes winner, No Evidence Needed took her career earnings to just over $400,000 from five wins to date.
Both standing at Darley Kelvinside this season, Street Cry will cover an outstanding book of mares at a fee of $137,500 including GST, while Shamardal will cover his best-ever southern hemisphere book of mares at a fee of $66,000 including GST.
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