Press release

Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will stand the 2013 season at Darley’s farm in Japan and Desert Party, a $2.1 million two-year-old and a multiple Graded winner, will join fellow Darley stallion Girolamo at Sequel Stallions in New York.

In addition to his Kentucky Derby victory, Street Sense won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile becoming the only horse in history to have scored that historic double. He went on to win the G1 Travers while earning $4,383,200 in prize money.  As a sire, Street Sense is represented by 13 first-crop Stakes performers, eight in Graded company including G3 winners Castaway and Motor City as well as G1 performers Aubby K and Miss Netta. He ranks in the top five of all second-crop sires by earnings, wins and stakes wins in 2012.

Desert Party’s appearance at the Fasig-Tipton February two-year-old sale was a prelude of things to come. His sales price of $2.1 million was the highest at any juvenile sale in 2008 and speaks volumes of his outstanding pedigree and conformation. Desert Party went on to capture the G2 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga in the summer of his two-year-old year and was also a Group winner three and four. His first foals will be offered at the forthcoming weanling sales later this year.

In 2009, Sheikh Mohammed and his family were granted Japanese racing licenses. Those racing licenses now mean Sheikh Mohammed, Princess Haya and Sheikh Mohammed’s son Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed have significant racing stables in Japan.

On Street Sense’s transfer to Japan, Olly Tait, Darley’s Chief Operating Officer, said, “Japan is a racing superpower. The transfer of Street Sense there is an indication of the ambition that Darley has for our operation in many different parts of the world.

We have a considerable number of mares in Japan and it is great testament to Street Sense that he will breed the majority of them in 2013.”

Tait added, “New York is a great place to breed and race horses. We’ve shown our support for New York breeders by standing Girolamo there this year, and we received it back.  Desert Party standing alongside him at Sequel Stallions in 2013 is another way of moving forward in that market.

Darley has major thoroughbred operations in five countries so we think from a global perspective and try to create opportunities within this framework. One recent example was bringing Lonhro to the U.S. which was extremely successful. Moving these two promising sons of Street Cry is an example of how we are adapting to a very dynamic and international marketplace that isn’t defined by geographic borders.”

For more information, please contact Charlie Boden on (502) 648-4181.