The Endeavour Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on turf , held annually in February at Tampa Bay Downs racetrack in Oldsmar, Florida .
16-468: The event was inaugurated on 4 January 2000 at a distance of about 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles and was won by Office Miss by the shortest of margins, a nose over Seducer in a time of 1:48.93. In 2004 the event was decreased to its present 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. The event was upgraded to Grade III status in 2008. That year's winner, Dreaming of Anna , was the 2006 Eclipse Award Juvenile Filly champion. The 2012 Endeavour winner, Zagora , went on to win
32-453: A fee of A$ 110,000. During those five seasons in Australia, he covered 425 mares to produce 319 foals. Darley's Chief Operating Officer, Oliver Tait, says that Street Cry produced "easy horses to train" that are "tough, willing, and genuine." Physically, his offspring have succeeded on "all distances and all surfaces" and "show incredible acceleration" so that they are "incredibly effective in
48-675: A near-record time on turf, before winning the 2006 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies wire to wire win over Octave . She was named U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly for 2006. Dreaming of Anna was wintered at Palm Meadows Thoroughbred Training Center in Florida . Her 2007 began with a third in the Grade III Old Hat Stakes in February at Gulfstream Park and a second in the Gaily Gaily Stakes on turf. With regular jockey René Douglas in
64-553: A son of Mr Prospector . His dam, Helen Street (dam of nine winners) won the 1985 Irish Oaks and was by multiple Group One winner Troy . After winning his maiden race, Street Cry placed second in the Del Mar Futurity (G2) and Norfolk Stakes (United States) (G2), before running third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). Street Cry won the UAE 2000 Guineas , then placed second in both
80-449: A world record of 25 Group One (G1) wins and also won the last 33 races of her career, the longest winning streak for a top-level racehorse in over a century. At her retirement, she was rated by Longines as the best racehorse in the world. He is also the sire of US racing sensation Zenyatta . Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin Racing , he was by the dual G1 winner Machiavellian,
96-572: Is Winx , rated as the best racehorse in the world and the winner of an unprecedented four Cox Plates. Winx was the 2015-16-17-18 Australian Horse of the Year and was retired from racing in April 2019 having won the last 33 races of her career plus a world record 25 Group 1s. Among her best wins are the Cox Plate (four times) and Doncaster Mile . Other notable progeny include Group I winner Majestic Roi , winner of
112-474: The Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf and the Eclipse Award in that category. The 2016 winner Tepin was named US Champion Grass Mare in both 2015 and 2016 and won the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile . Speed record: Margins: Most wins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Dreaming of Anna Dreaming of Anna (February 5, 2004 – January 9, 2018)
128-618: The Sun Chariot Stakes (G1) in England; Caulfield Guineas winners in Long John in 2013 and Whobegotyou ; Shocking , winner of the 2009 Melbourne Cup ; and Street Hero, winner of Norfolk Stakes, Tomcito who raced as a two-year-old in Peru winning two important G1 races against older horses. Street Cry's two most famous daughters, Zenyatta (United States) and Winx (Australia), each reached
144-620: The UAE Derby (G3) and Discovery Handicap (G3), at Aqueduct. Won Dubai World Cup (G1), won Stephen Foster H (G1), and was second in the Whitney Handicap (G1). In America, Street Cry stood at Darley's Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky , for $ 150,000. After a two-year break, Street Cry returned in 2009 for a fifth season at Darley Stud, Kelvinside, in the Hunter Valley where he stood at
160-661: The last quarter-mile of the race." He was euthanized in Australia on September 17, 2014, as a result of complications of a neurological condition . At the time of his death, he had sired seven grade I winners in the Northern Hemisphere, including 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta ; Street Sense , who won the 2007 Kentucky Derby ; and grade I-winning sprinter Street Boss , who won the Grade I Triple Bend Invitational Handicap and Bing Crosby Handicap . His most notable progeny
176-673: The saddle, she seemed to tire in the stretch in the Kentucky Oaks and placed 6th to Rags to Riches . Returned to the turf, she won the Double Delta Stakes at Arlington Park and the Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs gate to wire. In September, she won the Grade III Pucker Up Stakes back at Arlington, a 1⅛ mile race on turf, with a 4¼ length victory in 1:48.20, just off the stake record. On October 13, 2007, Dreaming of Anna
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#1732891283674192-649: The stretch to win by 2¼ lengths with Dreaming of Anna placing second. On June 14, Dreaming of Anna and Garrett Gomez won the Early Times Mint Julep Hanidcap. Dreaming of Anna was retired from racing in October 2008 and was shipped to Three Chimneys Farm, where she was to be bred to Street Cry . She died of a ruptured aorta on January 9, 2018, at Woodspring Farm in Versailles, Kentucky . Street Cry Street Cry (11 March 1998 – 17 September 2014)
208-565: Was a Thoroughbred racehorse , winner of the 2002 Dubai World Cup , the 2002 Stephen Foster Handicap and runner up in the 2002 Whitney Handicap . He was an international shuttle stallion that stood at the Darley Studs in Australia and the United States. He is noteworthy for being the sire of one of the greatest racehorses of all time, Winx , who was retired from racing in April 2019 with
224-484: Was an American thoroughbred racehorse . She was sired by the outstanding English and American stud, Rahy out of the Broad Brush mare, Justenuffheart, who was a multi- graded stakes race winner and half-sister to Grade I Turf winner Kitten's Joy . Although there is no Northern Dancer nor Mr. Prospector in her bloodline, she traces back to the great Nearco through several lines. Bred by Frank C. Calabrese, she
240-615: Was beaten by a little over 2 lengths by Bit of Whimsy in the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland Race Course after leading most of the way. Dreaming of Anna made her 2008 racing debut at Tampa Bay Downs with a win in the Endeavour Breeders' Cup Stakes . On March 15, she won the Grade III T Hillsborough Stakes against Lear's Princess. On Saturday, May 3, longshot Bit of Whimsy ran down favorite Dreaming of Anna in
256-565: Was named for his deceased sister, Anna Anderson, who died of cancer at age 48. Dreaming of Anna is a full sister to owner Frank Calabrese's graded stakes race winner, Lewis Michael, winner of the 2007 Grade II Washington Park Handicap . Trained by Wayne Catelano , Dreaming of Anna was undefeated as a two-year-old, winning a maiden race, the Tippett Stakes, and then the Grade III Summer Stakes at Woodbine , beating colts in
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