Andrew Caulfield, September 27, 2011- PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain JUDDMONTE ROYAL LODGE S.-G2, ,100,000, Newmarket, 9-24, 2yo, c/g, 1mT, 1:37.77, gd/fm. 1--#@DADDY LONG LEGS, 124, c, 2, by 1st Dam: Dreamy Maiden (MSW-US, $154,296), by Meadowlake 2nd Dam: Sparrow Lake, by 3rd Dam: Stray Flight, by Viceregal ($100,000 yrl >10 FTKJUL). O-, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Woodford LLC; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Colm O=Donoghue; ,56,710. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, ,69,652. *1/2 to Tres Dream (Chester House), MSW-US, $261,970. **Third stakes winner and third graded/group winner for freshman sire (by ). Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy Racing UK.

For the third consecutive Saturday, first-crop sire Scat Daddy achieved the notable feat of being represented by a group/graded winner. Having set the ball rolling with Shared Property in the GIII Arlington-Washington Futurity on September 10, the Ashford followed up with Finale in the GIII Summer S. a week later and then completed a notable treble when Daddy Long Legs led home an Aidan O=Brien 1-2-3 in the G2 Royal Lodge S. three days ago. This encouraging sequence means that Scat Daddy now holds a lead of nearly $380,000 over his nearest pursuer, Hard Spun, among the freshman sires. Of course, even a lead as substantial as this can disappear during the Breeders= Cup, but it is possible that Daddy Long Legs will be at to help defend his sire=s lead. The GI Dixiana Breeders= Futurity was named as Shared Property=s target after his Arlington victory and Finale may also attempt a first Grade I victory, as his Summer S. success earned him a starting slot in the Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf. If Daddy Long Legs or Finale were to contest the Juvenile or Juvenile Turf, they would continue a remarkable sequence. Although the Breeders= Cup was first contested as comparatively recently as 1984, they would become the fifth generation of the male line to compete as 2-year-olds at the Cup. Storm Cat failed by just a nose to hold off Tasso in 1985. It was a similar story 10n years later when Storm Cat=s son Hennessy was caught close home by Unbridled=s Song, but the third generation enjoyed better luck in 2001 when the extraordinary Johannesburg, a colt from Hennessy=s second crop, took the Juvenile to become a Grade 1 winner in four different countries. Caulfield cont. Caulfield Cont. This slide occurred despite the fact that Scat Daddy=s Scat Daddy, a colt from Johannesburg=s first crop, fee in his first four years went from $30,00 to was expected to carry on this excellent work in the $22,500, then to $15,000 before falling to $10,000 2006 Juvenile. He started second favorite behind this year, in his fourth season. Of course, this type of on the strength of a record of three wins difficult start is almost becoming the norm in today=s from his first four starts. Although defeated by Circular industry, but Scat Daddy is guaranteed to be popular Quay after stumbling at the start of next year, especially as his the GI Hopeful S., Scat Daddy had second-crop yearlings (from his bounced back to win the Champagne $22,500 crop) have averaged over S. Unfortunately, Scat Daddy let the $50,000 so far this year. side down, managing only fourth It isn=t hard to guess how the place behind the 10-length winner mating which produced Daddy . Long Legs came about, as his dam Perhaps that setback was because Dreamy Maiden is a stakes-winning he was a less of a specialist daughter of Meadowlake. It was 2-year-old than his male line another daughter of Meadowlake antecedents. Remember that Storm who visited Scat Daddy=s grandsire Cat=s sire made just one Hennessy to produce Henny unsuccessful appearance at three, Daddy Long Legs Hughes, the top sprinter of 2006. having been Europe=s champion Meadowlake mares have also Racing Post Photo two-year-old. Storm Cat made only produced graded winners to two appearances after the age of two, winning only an several other Storm Cat line , including Stormy allowance at the Meadowlands. Hennessy didn=t even Atlantic, Forestry and Lion Heart, but their success race at three and Johannesburg=s juvenile exertions took hasn=t been limited to this line. They produced Daddy their toll to the extent that he managed one third place Long Legs=s fellow 2011 2-year-old graded winners from three starts. Weemissfrankie and Majestic City to Sunriver and City By comparison, Scat Daddy did very well to win two Zip respectively, plus the 2011 Japanese Group 1 of his four starts during a 3-year-old campaign which winner Real Impact to Deep Impact. ended with a disappointing effort as third favorite Daddy Long Legs has already proved himself suited by behind Street Sense and Curlin in the Derby. a mile, and he will probably manage another furlong, By then, though, he had landed the GII Fountain of perhaps two. Dream Maiden gained her stakes victories Youth S. and GI , showing a bit more over seven furlongs and a mile but the next dam, stamina than we normally find in Johannesburg=s Sparrow Lake, numbered the mile-and-a-quarter Wonder offspring. Where S. among her successes. There was every reason to expect Scat Daddy to make the grade as a stallion, not least because he has š › two lines to two of the greatest stallions of modern times--4x2 to Mr. Prospector and 5x4 to Northern DADDY LONG LEGS, c, 2009 Dancer. He also boasts a strong female line. While his Storm Cat Hennessy dam Love Style never raced, she is by Mr. Prospector Island Kitty Johannesburg out of a mare, which means she is bred to the Ogyian Myth same cross as seven graded winners, plus the dams of Yarn Scat Daddy another seven. The Nijinsky mare in question is Likeable Mr. Prospector Style, winner of the GI Las Virgenes S. This female line Gold Digger Love Style traces to the celebrated Rosetta, ancestress of several Nijinsky II Likeable Style British Classic winners, and Scat Daddy comes from the Personable Lady same branch as the GI Breeders= Cup Mile winner Royal Speak John Hold Your Peace Heroine and the high-class Californian horse Quack. Blue Moon Meadowlake The big question now is whether Scat Daddy can Raise a Native Dreany Maiden Suspicious Native maintain his impetus. Johannesburg fell out of favor SW, $154,296 Be Suspicious despite siring the remarkable total of 10 graded stakes 9Fls, 1GSW, Apalachee winners in his first crop and is now in Japan. Scat 2SW Sparrow Lake MSW Daddy has possibly found things a bit more difficult for 5Fls, 1SW Stray Flight Vice Regal being a son of Johannesburg. Despite being based at a 13Fls, 2SW Barn Swallow farm noted for maintaining support for its stallions, Scat Daddy reportedly has 69 live foals in his second crop, compared to 113 in his first, and his third numbers 53.