Daddy Long Legs (horse)

Daddy Long Legs
Racing silks of Michael Tabor
Sire	Scat Daddy
Grandsire	Johannesburg
Dam	Dreamy Maiden
Damsire	Meadowlake
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	12 February 2009
Country	USA
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC
Owner	Michael Tabor Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien Mike de Kock
Record	16: 3–0–0
Earnings	£869,014
Major wins
Royal Lodge Stakes (2011) UAE Derby (2012)

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.

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.

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.

Daddy Long Legs's first start as a three-year-old came in the UAE Derby. After tracking the leaders O'Donoghue sent him to the front with two and a half furlongs to run and he ran on to win by 1¼ lengths from Yang Tse Kiang with Wrote another ¾ length back in third place. He then returned to the United States for the Kentucky Derby, but tailed off in the race and was pulled up by Colm O'Donoghue. He then finished fourth in the Irish 2000 Guineas behind stablemate Power after setting the early pace, but fading in the closing stages. He finished last of the eight runners in the Secretariat Stakes He then finished last of the six runners in the Irish Champion Stakes after acting as a pacemaker for stablemate St Nicholas Abbey. The race was won by Snow Fairy.