Coolmore Ireland Breeders' Handbook 2019

Scat Daddy proved highly effective at upgrading his mares. In Europe he became renowned as a sire of fast and precocious juveniles, such as Acapulco, Lady Aurelia, Caravaggio, Sergei Prokofiev, Sioux Nation and Skitter Scatter. However, America has often seen another side to Scat Daddy’s talents, with several of his best winners scoring over a mile and a quarter. The finest example is Justify, the magnificent Triple Crown winner of 2018. A remarkable statistic about Scat Daddy is that his 39 Graded/Group winners in the northern hemisphere have 38 different broodmare sires. However, No Nay Never owes much of his early success to mares by sons of DANEHILL line, including EXCEED AND EXCEL (Gr.1 winner Ten Sovereigns), ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Gr.2 scorer Land Force), ORATORIO (Listed winner Servalan), FASTNET ROCK (Gr.2-placed Neverland Rock) and DANEHILL DANCER (Gr.1-placed The Irish Rover and Gr.3-placed We Go). His second-crop yearlings include a 650,000gns filly with a DANEHILL DANCER dam and a sister to Ten Sovereigns which sold for 600,000gns. A €360,000 second-crop filly has a dam by DUKE OF MARMALADE . Mares by KODIAC , CAMACHO , DANSILI , DYLAN THOMAS , CLODOVIL , DANETIME and HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR all merit a chance with No Nay Never, as do mares by CHOISIR , MASTERCRAFTSMAN and ZOFFANY . The GREEN DESERT branch of the DANZIG line is also attracting attention. CAPE CROSS is the broodmare sire of the Listed winner No Needs Never, whose yearling sister sold for 525,000gns. A €700,000 second-crop yearling has a dam by Cape Cross’s son SEA THE STARS . Mares by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and OASIS DREAM have obvious appeal, especially when Scat Daddy sired a Gr.1-winning 2yo from an OASIS DREAM mare. Mares by DESERT STYLE and KHELEYF are other options. Fast horses from the NUREYEV line could suit, such as daughters of PIVOTAL , EXCELLENT ART , CAPTAIN RIO and KYLLACHY . SIYOUNI , with his dam by DANEHILL , could be especially suitable. No Nay Never’s Listed winner All The King’s Men has a dam by PEINTRE CELEBRE . No Nay Never has three lines of MR PROSPECTOR , a stallion whose female descendants did consistently well with STORM CAT and his son GIANT’S CAUSEWAY . No Nay Never could therefore suit mares by the likes of FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND , SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA . Scat Daddy’s flying daughter Lady Aurelia is inbred 4x3 to STORM CAT and another of his Gr.1 winners, Harmonize, is inbred 4x4. MONTJEU had an outstanding record with Mr Prospector line mares, so his daughters should do well with No Nay Never, with his three lines of Mr Prospector. The same applies to HIGH CHAPARRAL mares, as High Chaparral owes two of his Gr.1 winners to Mr Prospector line mares. HIGH CHAPARRAL mares produced second-crop No Nay Never yearlings which sold for €350,000 and €240,000. GALILEO mares could also work, as Galileo is excelling with mares by Storm Cat and Johannesburg. Expect to see No Nay Never make his mark with mares from the quick-maturing ROYAL APPLAUSE line, including those by his son and grandson ACCLAMATION and DARK ANGEL . No Nay Never’s Gr.2 winner Land Force has a second dam by INDIAN RIDGE .

Land Force goes clear of Group winner Marie’s Diamond in the Richmond Stakes-Gr.2 at Goodwood. t

“Nevereversaynever won well and has always shown us that she’s got plenty of speed. She has a very promising future” Fozzy Stack , trainer of Nevereversaynever who won her only start at Dundalk on 2nd Nov. One to Watch!

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