Street Sense (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Street Sense


caption =
sire = Street Cry
grandsire = Machiavellian
dam = Bedazzle
damsire = Dixieland Band
sex = Stallion
foaled = 2004
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Dark Bay
breeder = James B. Tafel
owner = James B. Tafel
Darley Stud (June 2, 2007)
trainer = Carl Nafzger
record = 13: 6-4-2
earnings = $4,383,200
race = Tampa Bay Derby (2007)
Jim Dandy Stakes (2007)
Travers Stakes (2007)

American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2006)
Kentucky Derby (2007)
awards= U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (2006)
honours =
updated= August 25, 2007

Street Sense (foaled February 23, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (2006) and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2007 Travers Stakes and runner up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head. Owned and bred by James B. Tafel, his dam is Bedazzle, a granddaughter of Northern Dancer, and his sire is 2002 Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry.

Trained by Carl Nafzger and ridden by Calvin Borel, after breaking his maiden at Arlington Park, Street Sense finished third in the Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes and third in the Lane's End Breeders' Futurity behind the winner Great Hunter and Circular Quay.

On November 4, 2006, Street Sense won the most important race for 2-year-old (by a record 10 lengths) colts in the United States, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He was voted the 2006 Eclipse Award as the U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt.

Wintered at the Palm Meadows Thoroughbred Training Center in Florida, in 2007 Street Sense followed the trail to the U.S. Triple Crown series. On March 17th, in his first race as a three-year-old, he won the Tampa Bay Derby by half a nose over Any Given Saturday in a thrilling home stretch battle that turned in a track record breaking time for the one and one sixteenth mile distance.

Street Sense was beaten by Dominican (11th in the 2007 Kentucky Derby having broken from post 19) in his last start before the Derby, in a photo finish. The slow pace of the race meant that most of the field had something left toward the finish - the first 5 horses home were separated by only a few lengths at the wire.

Street Sense won the Kentucky Derby on May 5, 2007, paying $11.80 to win on a $2 wager. He rallied from a second-to-last deficit to beat Hard Spun by 2 1/2 lengths. This win made him the first winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile ever to win the Kentucky Derby and the first U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt to win the Derby since Spectacular Bid in 1979.

Street Sense finished second in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 19, 2007. The nine-horse field included Derby runners-up Hard Spun and Curlin, Derby sixth-place finisher, Circular Quay, as well as, Mint Slewlep, Xchanger, King of the Roxy, Flying First Class, and C P West. Curlin defeated Street Sense by a head in a photo finish.

Owner James Tafel decided not to run Street Sense in the Belmont Stakes, looking to regroup for major races later in the year.

On June 2, 2007, Tafel sold Street Sense's breeding rights to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Darley Stud. The colt continued to be trained by Carl Nafzger and raced under Tafel's name through the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic.

On August 25, 2007, ridden by Calvin Borel, Street Sense won the Grade I $1 Million Travers Stakes, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was the first horse to win both the Travers and Kentucky Derby since Thunder Gulch did it in 1995.

On September 29, he placed second in the 1 1/8 mile Grade II Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes on Polytrack at Turfway Park, behind Hard Spun. In his racing career, he is 0 for 3 on Polytrack.

Street Sense closed out his career with fourth-place finish on a sloppy track in the October 27, 2007 running of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Monmouth Park Racetrack. He retired to stud duty with earnings of $4,383,200.

His retirement was announced on Tuesday October 30, 2007. He will stand at Darley's Jonabell Farm near Lexington, Ky. with a stud fee of $75,000 in 2008.

Races

Breeding

Pedigree
name = Street Sense
f = Street Cry (IRE)
m = Bedazzle
ff = Machiavellian
fm = Helen Street
mf = Dixieland Band
mm = Majestic Legend
fff = Mr. Prospector
ffm = Coup de Folie
fmf = Troy
fmm = Waterway
mff = Northern Dancer
mfm = Mississippi Mud
mmf = His Majesty
mmm = Long Legend
ffff = Raise a Native
fffm = Gold Digger
ffmf = Halo
ffmm = Raise the Standard
fmff = Petingo
fmfm = La Milo
fmmf = Riverman
fmmm = Boulevard
mfff = Nearctic
mffm = Natalma
mfmf = Delta Judge
mfmm = Sand Buggy
mmff = Ribot
mmfm = Flower Bowl
mmmf = Reviewer
mmmm = Lianga|

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/street+sense Pedigree and racing stats for Street Sense]
* [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=20884 Stats and Bio] , NTRA
* [http://horsehats.com/street-sense.html Street Sense Fan Page at Horsehats.com]
* [http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=41755]