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Foreplay ready to go

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Successful young stallion Foreplay (Danehill – ¬†Procrastinate, by Jade Hunter) is having daily sessions on the water-walker to get him fit for his second stud season at Woodside Park in Victoria.¬†”He‚Äôs so laid-back that he puts on a bit of condition between seasons, but he‚Äôs thriving on his daily exercise,‚Äù bloodstock manager Dean Harvey said.

“His 2011 book is filling fast and he‚Äôll be ready to cover some really nice mares when the season starts on September 1.‚Äù

The stakes winning son of Danehill sired three Group winners in three states last season – Decision Time (G2 Stan Fox Stakes and two Listed races in NSW), That’s Not It (G3 Red Anchor Stakes in Victoria) and Playcidium Mint (G3 Lee-Steere Classic in WA).

The stallion this season has sired 24 winners from only 51 runners – placing him third behind Jet Spur and Snitzel on the second-season sire list for percentage winners to runners (stallions with more than 50 runners).

Foreplay’s fee for the 2011 season is $13,200 (inc. GST).

Woodside Park fees

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Victoria’s Woodside Park Stud announced its 2011 fees yesterday. Foreplay, who has had his stud career rejuvenated after stem cell treatment, will stand for $13,750 (inc. GST), a drop of 17 per-cent from last year’s fee of $16,500.

“We were delighted with the results from Foreplay last year,” Woodside Park’s bloodstock manager Dean Harvey said yesterday. “He was only announced as standing commercially late, yet he attracted 61 mares – we are pleased to say that of the non walk-in mares he covered, which is a majority of his book, he got 82 per cent in foal.

“We are now offering Foreplay at a price that is hard to beat when compared with young stallions with a similar record.”

Econsul, who on Monday recorded his first winner, also has had a fee reduction from $7700 to $4400 (inc. GST).

“Logically, this will be Econsul’s toughest year as his first-crop 2yo’s are only just starting to hit the tracks. He is tremendous value for a Caulfield Guineas winner whose first two crops were quite commercially accepted by the market at the yearling sales, particularly with the trainers who liked their strength and bone.” Harvey said.

Irish Derby winner Grey Swallow also will stand for $4400 (inc. GST) in 2011. “There is a growing demand for staying horses in Australia, and Grey Swallow ticks a lot of boxes, as he was a tremendous stayer with a wonderful turn-of-foot. Grey Swallow’s oldest progeny are two-year-olds.” according to Harvey.

“We have some very nice young horses in training by Grey Swallow, and like him, they are very well-balanced, lovely-moving horses. I think as a stallion, he’s a bit of a sleeper, because he was a world-class racehorse.”