Daddy Long Legs takes UAE Derby The Aidan O'Brien trained, Colm O'Donoghue ridden Daddy Long Legs took the Group 2, UAE Derby at Meydan this afternoon. The Gowran maiden winner raced in second early on before taking up the lead before the straight and staying on best to score at the odds of 7/1. Stablemate and 11/4 favourite Wrote had every chance under Ryan Moore but couldn't peg back the winner up the straight and had to settle for third at the line. Colm O'Donoghue said: "This is his first run of the year and hopefully he will come on again for that. "Today the track rode well and he was very slick over it. "It's a very competitive night here. The races are always difficult to win and obviously we're delighted with that." O'Brien intimated the horse might go for the Kentucky Derby. He said: "Obviously we would have to think about that. He's American-bred, he's by Scat Daddy who tend to be all about speed, but the way he has matured physically I think he will get the trip. "He's a good colt, he showed he was last year. He jumped well and travelled well, and Colm gave him a great ride. He has a lot of class and it's interesting to see they are improving from two to three. "That (Kentucky Derby) was the plan, to come here with the two of them and then see if we had a Kentucky Derby contender. The lads (Coolmore) will speak about it but you'd be looking that way with him at the moment." Runner-up Yang Tse Kiang has run his last race for French trainer Richard Chotard and is going to be trained in Hong Kong by Derek Cruz. The retiring Richard Hills had no luck as he finished down the field on Enntifaadha.
