Daddy Long Legs

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. Racing career 2011: Two-year-old season In 2011, after winning a maiden at Gowran Park, he finished fourth in the Champagne Stakes. 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. His final start of the season came in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile where he finished in twelfth, tailed off behind winner Hansen.