Australian breeders missed a trick when Scat Daddy failed to make the trip down under in 2008.
When he did shuttle the following year it was not to Australia but Chile, where he proceeded to rewrite the record book in his three seasons.
Sadly, Scat Daddy died last December shortly before the start of the Northern Hemisphere breeding season where he was to stand at Ashford Stud for a fee of $US100,000.
At the Keeneland September Yearling sale, a Scat Daddy half-brother to multiple
One of Scat Daddy's most accomplished sons, Nay Say Never makes his debut at Coolmore Stud this spring alongside another two newcomers whose deeds are well known.
NO NAY NEVER (USA) (Scat Daddy x Cat's Eye Witness by Elusive Quality)
Trainer Wesley Ward likes nothing better than to take a team to Royal Ascot and in his Keeneland maiden winner No Nay Never he certainly picked the right horse.
The son of Scat Daddy broke the track record in the Group II Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot before rounding out his juvenile season by winning the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville from subsequent Group 1 winners Vorda and Rizeena.
At three he finished second in the Grade II Swale Stakes before winning the Grade III Woodford Stakes. His career came to a close with a half-length second to Bobby's Kitten in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
A striking looking powerhouse, No Nay Never created a favourable impression at the Coolmore stallion parade and looks a lot of horse at a fee of $11,000.
PRIDE OF DUBAI (Street Cry x Al Anood by Danehill)
A veteran of just five starts for Peter and Paul Snowden, Pride Of Dubai became the first horse in history to win the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes and Group 1 ATC Sires' Produce Stakes.
Closely related outstanding sires Invincible Spirit and
The handsome bay stands his first season at a fee of $55,000 after which he will head to Ireland in 2017.
VANCOUVER (Medaglia d'Oro x Skates by Danehill)
By a hot young sire, whose son Astern captured the recent Golden Rose Stakes, out of a hugely successful colonial family, Vancouver has plenty to recommend him even without factoring in his race record.
Precocious enough to win the Listed Breeders' Plate, Vancouver proved beyond doubt he was the top juvenile of the year by winning the Group 1 Golden Slipper, Group II Todman Stakes and Group III Canonbury Stakes to remain undefeated for the season.
He was to make just one more start, a fourth behind Japonisme in the Group III San Domenico Stakes.
A big, strong, handsome colt, Vancouver does not look like a typical two-year-old type, he stands over plenty of ground.
Golden Slipper winners rarely fail at stud and Vancouver retires as the highest priced first season stallion of 2016 with a fee of $55,000.
