Street Band Retired, Cataloged to The November Sale
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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Street Band with trainer Larry Jones last year at Santa Anita Park
Last year's Cotillion Stakes (G1) winner, Street Band, has been retired from racing and will be offered during The November Sale, Fasig-Tipton's Nov. 8 select breeding stock sale, according to an Aug. 20 announcement by her connections. The 4-year-old daughter of Istan will be consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Racing in partnership for Ray Francis, Cindy Jones, Larry Jones, Medallion Racing, and MyRacehorse.com, Street Band won five times, earning $1,153,595 in 17 starts.
"Street Band was a special filly for our barn," said trainer Larry Jones, who also bred the filly with Cindy Jones and Francis. "She had so much class to go with her grade 1 talent. It's bittersweet to see her go, but we are proud that she proved herself to be among the best of her generation."
A 7 1/4-length maiden winner in her second start at 2, Street Band won the Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) and the Indiana Oaks (G3) prior to her Cotillion score as a 3-year-old. In the Cotillion, which she won by 2 1/4 lengths, she defeated a field that included four multiple grade 1 winners and an Eclipse Award champion. She also handed multiple grade 1 winner Guarana the only defeat of her career. Street Band also placed four times, including a third in the Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Street Band hails from a family that has been successful across the globe. She is the sixth winner from seven foals to race out of Street Minstrel, a daughter of Street Cry. Street Band's second dam is grade 1 winner Minstrel's Lassie, a stakes winner in France at 2 and a half sister to Mintly, the granddam of three-time Australian group 1 winner Manighar.
"Street Band took our Medallion Partners on an incredible journey. She was our first grade 1 winner, beating a star-studded field in the Cotillion," said Phillip Shelton, the manager of Taylor Made's Medallion Racing. "We will always remember her pulling her last-to-first charge to beat grade 1 winners Guarana, Serengeti Empress, Bellafina, and (2-year-old) champion Jaywalk. Thanks to Larry Jones and our partners Ray Francis and his family, Larry and Cindy Jones, and MyRacehorse.com."
The November sale will be held immediately following the Breeders' Cup at historic Newtown Paddocks in Lexington.