Street Sense | |
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Sire | Street Cry |
Grandsire | Machiavellian |
Dam | Bedazzle |
Damsire | Dixieland Band |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 2004 |
Country | United States |
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 |
Major wins | |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2006) Kentucky Derby (2007) |
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Awards | |
U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2006) | |
Last updated on August 25, 2007 |
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2006)
Tampa Bay Derby (2007)
Jim Dandy Stakes (2007)
Travers Stakes (2007)
Street Sense (foaled February 23, 2004 in Kentucky at Chesapeake Farm) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2006) and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby and the 2007 Travers Stakes. He was also the runner-up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head. Owned and bred by James B. Tafel, Street Sense is out of 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, Street Sense broke his maiden at Arlington Park. He then finished third in the Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes and third in the Lane's End Breeders' Futurity behind Great Hunter and Circular Quay.
On November 4, 2006, Street Sense won the most important race for two-year-old colts in the United States, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, by a record 10 lengths. He was voted the 2006 Eclipse Award as the U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.