Streets Of Avalon (foaled 9 October 2014) is a multiple

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winning

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n thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Streets Of Avalon was sired by Magnus, who won the Group 1

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. He was offered for sale at the Inglis yearling sales, however was withdrawn and retained by his breeder.

Racing career

Streets of Avalon first raced as a late autumn 2 year old, but didn’t win until his 7th start in a 3 year old maiden at

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. His first stakes victory came in the

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Hareeba Stakes in 2019 at Mornington Racecourse. Further stakes success followed in 2019 with the horse winning two

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races, the

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and the Moonga Stakes. In 2020, he led all the way to victory in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at

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. On a day when the track was favouring horses up on the pace and near the rail, it played to his strengths, and after being backed from $26 into $9.50 he won by a long head margin. Streets of Avalon would not achieve victory in his next 9 starts throughout 2020. In 2021 he won the Group 2

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and the Group 1

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in succession.

References

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