Scat Daddy, Curlin climb sophomore Beyer Sire Rankings

An active weekend of prep races for the Kentucky Derby and Oaks left the late Scat Daddy at the top of the Beyer Sire Performance Standings by 3-year-old Beyer Speed Figures at the 90-plus and 100-plus levels in 2018.

Scat Daddy, whose second-to-last crop is on the classic trail this year, has had his runners notch eight Beyer efforts of 90 or more through April 8, double the four horses tied for second.

The standout of that group is the undefeated Justify, whose three efforts have all generated 100-plus Beyers to give his sire the lead in that category, as well. Justify earned a 107 for his dominant score in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, the highest figure by a 3-year-old this season to date. That effort followed a 101 earned in a March 11 optional claimer and a 104 picked up in his debut on Feb. 18, both at Santa Anita.

Flameaway also charted highly for Scat Daddy, earning a 93 Beyer for finishing second in the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. It tied his career-high figure, first earned when he won the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 10.

Scat Daddy stood at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud until his death in 2015.

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Curlin rose into the four-way tie for second by 90-plus Beyers following a weekend that saw two sons take major Kentucky Derby preps.

Vino Rosso punched his ticket to Louisville with a score in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, in which he earned a career-best 98 Beyer. It was his second 90-plus effort of the season after earning a 90 when third in the Sam F. Davis.

Champion Good Magic picked up a 95 for winning the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, his highest mark of the year.

Curlin stands at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky., for an advertised fee of $150,000.