Skywalker
Trainer:Michael WhittinghamOwner: Oak Cliff Stable
Foaling Date: 1982
Pedigree: Relaunch and Bold Captive of Boldnesian
Dosage: 11-11-10-0-0 (32)
Dosage Index / CD: 5.40 / 1.03
Notes:
Skywalker
is famous
for
winning
the third
Breedersâ
€™ Cup
Classic
title. He
was bred
in
Kentucky
by Thomas
T
Tatham̢۪
s Oak
Cliff
Thoroughbr
eds
Limited.
In 1984,
he started
racing in
California
and won
one of his
two
starts. In
his
three-year
-old
campaign
he earned
two stakes
races out
of five
starts. In
1986, he
had his
best year
in racing.
On that
year, he
won the
Longacres
Mile, the
Mervyn
Leroy
Handicap
and the
San Diego
Handicap
and then
the
Breedersâ
€™ Cup
Classic.
In 1993,
he won the
Eclipse
Award for
American
Champion
Older Male
Horse. He
was moved
at Stone
Farm in
1996 and
died of
heart
attack at
the age of
twenty-one
in 2003.
| Major Racing Wins: — · Santa Anita Derby (1985) · Longacres Mile (1986) · Mervyn Leroy Handicap (1986) · San Diego Handicap (1986) |