Scat Daddy tops Beyer Sire Standings after Derby weekend

The stallion career of the late Scat Daddy arguably reached its pinnacle on Kentucky Derby Day, with Derby winner Justify highlighting his four sons entered in the race. His résumé was further bolstered last Friday when his daughters filled out two-thirds of the trifecta in the Grade 3 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Those efforts helped Scat Daddy extend his lead in the 3-year-old divisions of this year’s DRF Beyer Sire Performance Standings, by both 90-plus Beyer Speed Figure efforts and 100-plus Beyer races.

Justify earned a 103 Beyer for his Derby win, while Toinette picked up a 91 for winning the Edgewood and third-place Daddy Is a Legend earned a 90.

Scat Daddy finished the weekend with 12 90-plus Beyer efforts by his runners in 2018, earned by five different horses. Next closest is Curlin, sire of Derby runner-up Good Magic, with seven races by his progeny at 90 points or higher.

Justify was the standout among Scat Daddy’s 3-year-old crop of 2018 well before the Kentucky Derby. The Derby 103 was Justify’s second lowest Beyer Speed Figure in his four starts, all this year. His highest Beyer came in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, where he picked up a 107 while defeating Grade 1 winner Bolt d’Oro.

The quartet of 100-plus efforts by Justify puts Scat Daddy at the top of the list by number of three-digit Beyers from 3-year-olds. In second is Medaglia d’Oro, sire of Bolt d’Oro, with two. Both were earned by Bolt d’Oro this season at Santa Anita, led by a 102 when second to Justify in the Santa Anita Derby.

Scat Daddy ranks second on the Beyer Sire Performance Standings in both 90-plus and 100-plus efforts, trailing Gainesway’s Tapit in both categories. Tapit leads by a 40-26 margin in the 90-plus column, and he is ahead 6-4 by 100-plus efforts.

Scat Daddy, a son of Johannesburg, stood at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., until his death in 2015. His final crop of foals are 2-year-olds of 2018.

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