Scat Daddy Stallion Tops Court-Ordered Dispersal

Finale (left) winning the Summer S. | Michael Burns

Finale (Scat Daddy–Twinkle, by Lively One), a 10-year-old stallion and winner of the 2011 GIII Summer S., was purchased by Dani Dougerty for $35,000 to finish as the top-priced horse at a U.S. District Court-ordered dispersal of the Thoroughbred horses once owned by Rust Rare Coin Inc., a disgraced Utah-based coin dealer that was accused of running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that resulted in at least 200 people being defrauded out of $170 million since 2013.

Finale, a winner of four of 19 career starts for earnings just over $320,000, and was listed as one of four stallions standing at Hunter Creek Farms in Roswell, New Mexico. He stood the 2018 season for a fee of $3,000, according to the farm website.

Johnathan O. Hafen oversaw the auction as the court-appointed receiver. Bidding was conducted exclusively online by Flashpoint Bloodstock and a total of 67 horses were sold without reserve for $334,750.

 

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