A two time Group II winner in the spring, the Chris Waller trained Foxplay was cherry ripe at her third run back from a spell and surged late for Kerrin McEvoy to beat Zenalicious by a neck in the 1500 metre feature as favourite.
The Waller stable now have a decision to make with Foxplay (images Steve Hart) as they consider
whether to step up to 2000 metres against fillies in the Group I Vinery Stud
Stakes at Rosehill in a fortnight or stay around the mile trip and possibly
take on older mares in the Group I Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) during The
Championships."I'm not entirely sure which way we will go with her. I asked Chris this morning and he just wanted to get over her last run and put a line through it," said stable representative Charlie Duckworth.
"Showing that brilliant turn of foot, I don't think you need to look at 2000 metres just yet but we'll see."
A $160,000 Magic Millions purchase for Star Thoroughbreds from the Newgate Farm draft, Foxplay runs for a big syndicate of enthusiastic owners and has now won just shy of $500,000 in prizemoney with four wins and three seconds from 11 starts.
Bred by SF Bloodstock, Foxplay is the third winner from three foals to race from imported stakes-winner Butters (USA), a daughter of leading sire El Prado from the family of Group I Breeders Cup Juvenile winner Eliza.
Butters is now with Heinrich Bloodstock and produced a colt by Animal Kingdom (USA) last year and is now in foal to Redoute's Choice.
Foxplay is one of three stakes-winners for Foxwedge, who has three entries for the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale and just one for Inglis Easter.
