Daddy Long Legs (horse)

Daddy Long Legs
Racing silks of Michael Tabor
Sire	Scat Daddy
Grandsire	Johannesburg
Dam	Dreamy Maiden
Damsire	Meadowlake
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	12 February 2009
Country	USA
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC
Owner	Michael Tabor Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien Mike de Kock
Record	16: 3–0–0
Earnings	£869,014
Major wins
Royal Lodge Stakes (2011) UAE Derby (2012)

Daddy Long Legs (foaled 12 February 2009) is a Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs John Magnier and trained by Aidan O'Brien. He has won the Royal Lodge Stakes and UAE Derby.

Breeding

Daddy Long Legs is a son of Florida Derby winner Scat Daddy. He is one of Scat Daddy's first crop of foals. Daddy Long Legs' dam Dreamy Maiden is a daughter of Meadowlake.^[1]

Racing career

2011: Two-year-old season

In 2011, after winning a maiden at Gowran Park, he finished fourth in the Champagne Stakes.^[1] His next run came in the Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket, where he started at the odds of 11/4. Ridden from the front by Colm O'Donoghue he went clear with two furlongs to run and won by 3¼ lengths from Tenth Star, with future Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Wrote another ½ length back in third.^[2] His final start of the season came in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile where he finished in twelfth, tailed off behind winner Hansen.^[3]

2012: Three-year-old season

Daddy Long Legs's first start as a three-year-old came in the UAE Derby. After tracking the leaders O'Donoghue sent him to the front with two and a half furlongs to run and he ran on to win by 1¼ lengths from Yang Tse Kiang with Wrote another ¾ length back in third place.^[4] He then returned to the United States for the Kentucky Derby, but tailed off in the race and was pulled up by Colm O'Donoghue. He then finished fourth in the Irish 2000 Guineas behind stablemate Power after setting the early pace, but fading in the closing stages. He finished last of the eight runners in the Secretariat Stakes^[1] He then finished last of the six runners in the Irish Champion Stakes after acting as a pacemaker for stablemate St Nicholas Abbey. The race was won by Snow Fairy.^[5]

2013: Four-year-old season

Daddy Long Legs was sent to be trained by Mike de Kock and ran three times, without winning, at Meydan in February and March 2013. He returned to England at the end of the year for the Ben Marshall Stakes at Newmarket. He started as a 16/1 outsider and finished fifth of the six runners, about three lengths behind winner Penitent.^[1]

2014: Five-year-old season

Daddy Long Legs started 2014 by finishing sixth in the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 on 9 January, but then finished in the rear of the field on his two subsequent starts, which were handicaps at Meydan.^[1]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Daddy Long Legs, chestnut colt, 2009^[6]

Sire Scat Daddy (USA) b. 2004	Johannesburg b. 1999	Hennessy ch. 1993	Storm Cat
			Island Kitty
		Myth b. 1993	Olygian
			Yarn
	Love Style ch. 1999	Mr. Prospector b. 1970	Raise a Native*
			Gold Digger
		Likeable Style b. 1990	Nijinsky
			Personable Lady
Dam Dreamy Maiden (USA) ch. 1996	Meadowlake ch. 1983	Hold Your Peace b. 1969	Speak John
			Blue Moon
		Suspicious Native ch. 1972	Raise a Native*
			Be Suspicious
	Sparrow Lake b. 1985	Apalachee b. 1971	Round Table
			Moccasin
		Stray Flight ch. 1975	Viceregal
			Barn Swallow

Note: b. = Bay, ch. = Chestnut

* Daddy Long Legs is inbred 4x4 to Raise a Native. This means that the stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

References

1. "Daddy Long Legs". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
2. "Royal Lodge Stakes result". Racing Post. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
3. "Breeders' Cup Juvenile result". Racing Post. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
4. "UAE Derby result". Racing Post. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
5. "Irish Champion Stakes result". Racing Post. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
6. "Daddy Long Legs pedigree". equineline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.