THE race is on to find the son or sons of the late Ashford Stud stallion Scat Daddy (by Johannesburg) who may carry on his legacy. His best winners can be divided into two broad categories: those who are all about speed, and those who excelled from a mile upwards. Sioux Nation is one of the first group.
Lady Aurelia, Acapulco, Caravaggio and No Nay Never are also part of that sprint legacy. The first two are fillies, of course, and the other pair stallions. Caravaggio covered a large initial book in 2018, and members of that foal crop will no doubt be among the top-priced foals at the 2019 sales.
No Nay Never, on the other hand, made such an impression with his juveniles last year that his fee is now €100,000, a four-fold increase. Those first-crop runners yielded six stakes winners, headed by Group 1 Middle Park Stakes star Ten Sovereigns and Group 2 Richmond Stakes scorer Land Force.
The early Scat Daddy stallions also include Daddy Nose Best and Handsome Mike, both of whom have sired winners, but No Nay Never is not the only one with a top-level star to his name. Former Ballydoyle trainee Daddy Long Legs was champion freshman sire in Chile where his offspring include Grade 1 winner Fallen From Heaven and dual Grade 3 scorer Atomicka, and this promising start has seen him promoted to a berth in Kentucky where he is on the Taylor Made Stallions roster for 2019.
Daddy Long Legs is not one of his sire’s sprint sons, and neither are the popular Yeomanstown Stud stallion El Kabeir – whose first foals are arriving now – and Compas Stallions’ new team member Smooth Daddy who is at Clongiffen Stud. However, the quick start made by sprinter No Nay Never augurs well for the prospects of Sioux Nation, and an introductory fee of €12,500 should ensure a book of quality.
His first win came in mid-May of his two-year-old season, after which he added the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot and Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh. Last year, he won the Group 3 Lacken Stakes over six furlongs at Naas and finished third in the Group 1 Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.
He is a full-brother to a sprint winner and is out of Dream The Blues (by Oasis Dream), a daughter of Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes winner and Group 1 Sprint Cup third Catch The Blues (by Bluebird). That makes him inbred 5x4 to Storm Bird (by Northern Dancer). His dam is a half-sister to the dam of dual Group 3-winning sprinter My Catch (by Camacho) and listed scorer and Group 1 Prix Morny third Vladimir (by Kheleyf), and the aforementioned Grade 3 winner Smooth Daddy appears under a branch of the fourth generation of the pedigree.
Sioux Nation should prove popular in his new role, get winners in all age groups, and his best runners are likely to be in the five to eight furlong range.
SIOUX NATION (USA). Won four races, £271,661, over six furlongs, at two and three years including, Keeneland Phoenix Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, Norfolk Stakes, Ascot, Gr.2, Goffs Lacken Stakes, Naas, Gr.3, also placed third in Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1.
Retires to Stud in 2019.
Stands at: Castlehyde Stud, Fermoy, Co Cork, Ireland.
Contact: David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon, John Kennedy, Cathal Murphy
Telephone: +353 (0)25 2531966
Email: info@castlehyde.com
Web: www.coolmore.com
Fee: €12,500