DADDYS Lil Darling, who finished runner-up four times in Grade 1 company in 2017 and endured a fruitless trip to Britain where she bolted before the Oaks at Epsom, gained a deserved break through at top level to win the Grade 1 American Oaks over last weekend at Santa Anita.

The now four-year-old daughter of Scat Daddy, trained by Kenny McPeek and owned by Normandy Farm, has switched between the dirt and the turf through her career.