Exciting young stallion Foreplay covered 108 mares in his debut season at Yarraman Park last year and his first foals are now hitting the ground including this appealing bay colt from Double Down.
Foaled down at Bowral at Rheinwood Pastoral, this beautiful bay colt was bred by Gavin Soloman and partners and is the third foal of the young Nigh Shift (USA) mare Double Down.
A half-sister to Group Three placed juvenile Hurricane Fighter, Double Down was a winner at Newcastle and her first foal Triple Down has been placed twice in town for Anthony Cummings from a handful of starts.
A superbly credentialed son of legendary sire Danehill (USA), Foreplay was a $625,000 purchase from the 2003 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale making him the fourth highest priced yearling colt sired by Danehill at that sale.
A stakes-winner over 1100 metres, Foreplay was also Group One placed behind glamour gallopers Alinghi and Fastnet Rock in the prestigious Newmarket Handicap, widely considered to be the best sprint event in the country.
The commercial value of Foreplay and his family is beyond question, with his dam Procrastinate selling at the 2007 Inglis Australian Select Broodmare Sale for $660,000, while her yearling colt by Redoute’s Choice made $2million at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale knocked down to John Ferguson Bloodstock for Darley Australia.
At $13,200, Foreplay is at the forefront of a raft of young up and coming stallions by Danehill that are set to make their mark in years to come.
