Joe and Anne McMahon announced on Friday that Double Dinghy Day (Forestry) has produced the first foal by Grade 1 winner Here Comes Ben. The filly arrived at 9:20 PM on January 31, 2013 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.
Here Comes Ben is one of 13 Grade 1 winners by champion Street Cry, including horse of the year Zenyatta. Winner of Saratoga’s Grade 1 Forego Stakes in his graded stakes debut, Here Comes Ben defeated champion Big Drama, and Grade 1 winners Girolamo, Vineyard Haven, Warrior’s Reward and Bribon.
Bred by McMahon Thoroughbreds, the new filly is the second foal for Double Dinghy Day, a multiple winner and earner of over $180,000 out of the multiple graded stakes-placed Windsong by Unbridled. Double Dinghy Day’s second dam is the multiple stakes winner Falconese, dam of Fleet Streak.
Here Comes Ben retired to stud in late 2011 for the 2012 breeding season. He stands for $7,500 live foal at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds and is the property of his breeders Brandon and Marianne Chase in partnership with McMahon Thoroughbreds.
