Street Cry, Nez D'Or secure top ERA Awards

Street Cry's outstanding victory in the seventh running of the $6 million Group 1 Dubai World Cup last March saw the Godolphin horse scoop the prestigious Nashwan Horse of the Year prize for the 2001/2002 season at the Emirates Racing Association's annual Awards night ceremony held at the Emirates Towers Hotel's Godolphin Ballroom yesterday evening.

Street Cry's dominance in the Dubai World Cup and an equally impressive performance three weeks earlier in the Group II third round of the Maktoum Challenge helped him secure an almost unanimous victory in the voting.

In the Purebred Arabian category Nez D'Or won the Alanudd Horse of the Year after a season that saw him run on seven occasions for three wins, three seconds and a third. All his wins came at the Group I level, in the first and third rounds of the Maktoum Challenge and the Dubai Kahayla Classic on the Dubai World Cup programme.

Street Cry became Godolphin's fourth horse in the four years of the Nashwan Awards to secure the Horse of the Year title following on from Almutawakel (1998/1999), Dubai Millennium (1999/2000) and Festival Of Light (2000/2001).

Nez D'Or's crowning achievement also continued a trend, the horse being the fourth in as many seasons to carry the colours of HH The President to win the Alanudd Horse of the Year. Previous winners include Alanudd 1998/1999 and the dual winner Ezil in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001. Like Ezil, Nez D'Or is trained by Julian Smart.