If you follow Select Sires, you’ll know how much we enjoy a good news story, and this is a beauty about SDP Scott David (by Hydrive Cat).
We first met “Scotty” at the 2017 NCHA Futurity and we’ve never forgotten him. Not only because the stunning black stallion had the longest, most exquisite tail we had ever seen, but because he was named after SDP Buffalo Ranch principal Shane Plummer’s late brother Scott David.
Bred by Debbie Donohoe, Shane Plummer acquired the colt as a weanling. Scotty’ had a full Futurity training program with Jamie Creek, and Shane finaled him in the Non Pro Futurity.
Following the Futurity, ‘Scotty’ was sold, but circumstances dictated a quiet life until March 2022, when Sam & Sarah Campbell of Banshee Performance Horses purchased him.
Shortly after arriving at Banshee he sustained an injury & a very advanced, potentially career ending, infection developed. His future looked grim.
However, intensive rehab with Angie Siebel from Goodwood Equine turned this story around. ‘Scotty’ was back on track and at the weekend, after just three weeks under saddle with Jamie Seccombe, he placed 4th in the $5000 Novice at Killarney. This was his first showing in 6 years.
This is such wonderful news for all connections, but there’s no one cheering louder than Shane Plummer with his dear brother’s namesake doing him proud.
SDP Scott David’d dam is superstar producing mare Spins Cherry Oak. She is in the top ten money producing mares in Australia, having produced the likes of Dulces Glory & One Sweet Cherry.
