Scat Daddy's son Daddy Long Legs to stand at Taylor Made

Multiple Group 2 winner Daddy Long Legs has been purchased by a partnership to stand at Taylor Made Stallions in 2019, becoming the most recent son of the late Scat Daddy to stand in Kentucky.

Daddy Long Legs won the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes in England as a juvenile and the Group 2 U.A.E. Derby at Meydan the following spring. He launched his stud career at Haras Cordillera in Chile, the country where Coolmore's shuttle stallion Scat Daddy was a leading sire, with two Horse of the Year honorees. Daddy Long Legs also proved popular, siring Group 1 winner Fallen From Heaven, Group 3 winner Atomicka, Group 3 placed Aine, and stakes-placed Pinturita Clasica and Vamos Chileno from his first crop.

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The young stallion has been purchased by the partnership of Taylor Made, Phoenix Thoroughbreds, and KatieRich Farms.

“We are very excited to have a Grade 1-producing son of Scat Daddy who himself won a Group 2 as a 2-year-old at Newmarket for Coolmore,” Duncan Taylor of Taylor Made said in a release. “To have a son of Scat Daddy, one that was recently crowned champion first-crop sire in Chile, just like his father, makes it that much more special.

"He’s a big, good-looking horse, and along with his ability to sire both top-level dirt and turf horses should be a great fit for the worldwide marketplace. We look forward to providing breeders here a direct source to one of the most influential stallions we have seen in some time.”

Scat Daddy, who died suddenly in December 2015 at the young age of 11, is the sire of 107 stakes winners worldwide, led by this year's undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify. Justify and 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and 2018 U.A.E. Derby winner Mendelssohn will be new to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky in 2019.

There is expected to be high demand for the influx of Scat Daddy blood in Kentucky, as, this past season the only son of the late sire available in the state was Tu Brutus at Crestwood Farm. Scat Daddy's son No Nay Never is off to a dazzling start for Coolmore in Ireland, upping the hopes for Scat Daddy's other sons. From his first crop this year, No Nay Never has sired Group 1 winner Ten Sovereigns, Group 2 winner Land Force, and several other stakes winners.