The first reported foal from the initial crop by 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah   was born at Brookdale Farm early morning Jan. 3.

Born at 12:30 a.m., the bay colt is the first foal out of the Tizway   mare Kakadu. Kakadu is a half sister to multiple grade stakes winner Protonico   and is from the immediate female family of Chilean champion and grade 1 winner Wild Spirit.

“It’s very exciting,” said Fred Seitz Jr. of Brookdale Farm. “For a first foal, he’s a very nice, very attractive type. Personality wise, I think he seems like he’s going to take after his dad with that mellow-type personality. Most babies are kind of skittish and want to run around behind their mother but he’s not that type. You walk in the stall and he comes right up to you and starts chewing on your hand. He seems to be real bold and have that fun personality.

“He’s what you look for if you’re breeding Thoroughbreds, I think.”

Kakadu is owned by Oussama Aboughazale of International Equities Holding Co. Seitz said the owners have not made a decision yet on who Kakadu would be bred to in 2017 but that the decision to be part of American Pharoah’s first book was close to a no-brainer on their end.

“The owner has the whole family. He has the sister, a couple brothers, and also has sons of the sister already of this mare,” Seitz said. “He and we regard this as a very nice, up-and-coming family. When American Pharoah retired, it was obvious he wanted to breed a couple mares to him.”