Royalty prevails at Naas

Princess Highway broke alertly for jockey Pat Smullen in the G3 Blue Wind Stakes at Naas on May 14 and settled into second place where she remained until turning for home. With a little bit of urging, the daughter of Street Cry took the lead about 800m from home and finished strongly to register her second win in three career starts and the first Group win of her career. She becomes the 36th overall Group or Graded winner for her sire.

Princess Highway was bred in the USA by Moyglare Stud who also bred her dam, the multiple G3 winner Irresistible Jewel. Irresistible Jewel is the dam of G3 winner/G1-placed Mad About You and is a half-sister to Stakes winner Diamond Trim (dam of five-time champion Profound Beauty), and G3-placed Legal Jousting. Irresistible Jewel has a 2012 Street Cry filly by her side.

Street Cry is the sire of 58 career Stakes winners, including 13 at the highest level. Included among these are North American Horse of the Year Zenyatta, Australian champions Shocking and Whobegotyou, as well as other North American Champion Street Sense and multiple G1 winner Street Boss, both of which stand alongside their father at Darley.

Recording the top price for a colt sold in Australia this year at $1.2million for the half-brother to triple G1 Melbourne Cup heroine Makybe Diva, Street Cry will stand the forthcoming southern hemisphere breeding season at Kelvinside at a fee of $110,000 (inc. GST).