Victor’s Cry retires at the age of six due to fitness issues with his ankles as decided by Eoin Harty
The six-year-old strainer out of Street Cry, Victor’s Cry, retired from racing because of concerns over his ankles. The decision was taken by trainer Eoin Harty, who trained the Grade 1 winner for owners, Robert and Michele Billings of the Equilete Stable.
The curtain drops on last year's Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile winner, but exiting with 13 finishes on the card out of 24 starts, he won 6 starts out of those 24 career starts and he went on to earn a life time earnings of $762,021.
“He’s showing some wear and tear on those ankles,” Harty said. “I didn’t want to jeopardize his future career.”
The son of Street Cry out of Short Time by Clever Trick had his best season last year, in 2010. At that time, the 5-year-old had 6 starts in the 2010 season where he finished first and second twice.
Every horse has a glory moment, when he or she wins a bigger race than them.
Victor’s Cry's glory race came in the 2010 season when he participated in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood Park on 31 May, 2010.
Run on turf, Victor’s Cry under jockey Corey Nakatani was up against stiff competition and on top of that the odds were stacked against the son of Street Cry as well.
The longest of long shot 21 to 1 Victor’s Cry, making his first appearance in a Grade 1 $250,000 Shoemaker Mile, took advantage straight away of the rapid pace at the start of the race.
The pair saved ground well off the lead and, used a strong finish to down his rivals in the stretch and defeat the 9 to 5 favourite Karelian.
This year around, Victor’s Cry wasn’t the long shot he was last year, but given a lot of respect since he was defending his title at Hollywood Park. Courageous Cat won the 2011 edition of the race, as Victor’s Cry finished third.
Victor’s Cry had been inactive after participating in the 2011, Shoemaker Mile and, which led to the decision to end his racing career.
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