Here Comes Ben, a five-year-old son of Street Cry, repeated with a second win in the Listed Kelly's Landing Stakes June 24 at Churchill Downs after winning the race in 2010. The horse also won at the highest level last year in the prestigious G1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga. Here Comes Ben dueled for the lead to start the 1400m race before shaking off foes in the run home to secure a victory by over three lengths.
The son of Street Cry was bred in Kentucky by owners Marianna and Brandon L. Chase. Here Comes Ben is out of the Dayjur mare Chasetheragingwind, who is a half-sister to G3 winners King Charlemagne and Meshaheer as well as the dam of G1 winner Albertus Maximus. Here Comes Ben's second dam is the G1 winner Race The Wild Wind.
A leading international sire, Street Cry's son Street Game scored an impressive wire-to-wire victory in the G3 Hill Prince Stakes on June 18. He is also the sire of G1 winner and Horse of the Year Zenyatta, as well as G1 winning Darley stallions Street Sense and Street Boss that will stand for $38,500 (inc GST) and $13,750 (inc GST) respectively in the upcoming southern hemisphere breeding season.
Street Cry will stand the forthcoming breeding season at Darley Kelvinside at a fee of $110,000 (inc GST), where he already has many star mares booked into him after covering an excellent book of mares last season which included G1 winners Black Mamba, Bramble Rose, Elegant Fashion, Miss Finland, Mnemosyne, Piavonic, Private Steer, Regal Cheer, Rewaaya as well as the dams of G1 winners Niconero, Serenade Rose, Shamekha and Zarita.
