16 Facts About Scat Daddy

Scat Daddy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won four stakes races including the Champagne Stakes and Florida Derby.

Scat Daddy was sired by Johannesburg, who was a champion in both the United States and Europe as a two-year-old.

Scat Daddy's dam was Love Style, a daughter of Mr Prospector.

Scat Daddy was bred in Kentucky by Swiss book publisher and racing enthusiast Axel Wend.

Scat Daddy was foaled at Hunter Valley Farm near Lexington, whose owners privately purchased the foal and his dam in 2004.

Scat Daddy was named for Scatuorchio, whose nickname is "Scat".

Scat Daddy had a good shoulder and exceptionally powerful hindquarters.

Scat Daddy then finished second to Circular Quay in the Hopeful Stakes, before returning to Belmont to win the Champagne Stakes, defeating Nobiz Like Showbiz.

Scat Daddy was rated at 123 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap, 4 pounds below champion Street Sense and second overall.

Scat Daddy started his three-year-old campaign with a third-place finish in the 2007 Holy Bull Stakes behind Stormello and winner Nobiz Like Shobiz.

Scat Daddy came back in the Fountain of Youth Stakes with a late run to overcome a wide trip, winning over Stormello by a nose.

Scat Daddy entered stud in 2008 at Ashford Stud in Lexington, Kentucky.

Scat Daddy was the leading Chile juvenile sire three times.

Scat Daddy was the leading North American freshman sire of 2011, and remained a success for his entire stud career.

Scat Daddy broke the North American record for the number of juvenile stakes winners in a season with nine.

Scat Daddy had a third winner at the 2017 meeting, Sioux Nation, who took the Norfolk Stakes.