He was then sold for $250,000 at the 2005 Keeneland yearling sale to leading trainer Todd Pletcher for Wall Street investment banker James T. Scatuorchio, a former executive with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
[2] In 2006 at age two, Scat Daddy won his first race in June 2006 at Belmont Park, then followed up with a win in the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga.
[3] Scat Daddy started his three-year-old campaign with a third-place finish in the 2007 Holy Bull Stakes behind Stormello and winner Nobiz Like Shobiz.
He came back in the Fountain of Youth Stakes with a late run to overcome a wide trip, winning over Stormello by a nose.
Entering the stretch, Scat Daddy moved past Stormello, then held off a late run by Notional to win by 1+1⁄4 lengths.
At the time of his death, Scat Daddy was responsible for 69 stakes winners and was having his best year yet, ranking #9 on the 2015 North American General Sire List.
[9] The following year at the 2017 Royal Ascot meeting, Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio again won their respective races, the King's Stand Stakes and the Commonwealth Cup.
In 2018, Scat Daddy had a record-tying four horses in the starting field for the Kentucky Derby,[11] including the winner, Justify.
Speaking of his premature death, Fergus Galvin of Hunter Valley Farm where Scat Daddy was raised, summed up the regret felt by many breeders.