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Half Brother to Sunshine Millions Winner Lori's Store

Sky Mesa Colt

Trained By: Steve Klesaris

To race in New York

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This handsome colt is a half-brother to a multiple stakes winner. He's by a G1-winning/champion-producing sire and by a stakes-producing mare. His dam's sire is one of the leading broodmare sires. He has the breeding to run on either surface and compete at classic distances. He is a registered New York-bred and will run on the Belmont/Aqueduct/Saratoga circuit. He's nominated to the Aspirant Stakes, the New York Breeders' Futurity, and The Breeders' Cup.

  • Sire (Sky Mesa) - Sire of 3 Champions, 60 Stakes Winners, G1 Winner, Son of Pulpit
  • Sire's Sire (Pulpit) - Sire of 11 G1 Winners, Sire of Leading Sires Tapit, Lucky Pulpit, etc.
  • Sire's Dam (Caress) - Multiple G3 Winner, Earner of $666,076
  • Dam (Big Promise) - Stakes Placed, Producer of Multiple Stakes Winner
  • Dam's Sire (Rahy) - Leading Broodmare Sire, Broodmare Sire of 141 Stakes Winners
  • Second Dam (Effectiveness) - Stakes Winner, Multiple G3-Placed, Producer of G2-Placed Runner
  • Third Dam (Herbs and Spices) - Producer of Stakes Winner
  • Fourth Dam (Prize Spot) - G1 Winner, Producer of Stakes Winner and Stakes-Placed Runners
  • "A" Nick
  • Registered New York-Bred
  • Nominated to the Aspirant Stakes, New York Breeders' Futurity, and The Breeders' Cup

Sky Mesa's Recent Top Performers
Progeny Date Race Finish
Quinientos Jun 9, 2017 Ocala Flame Handicap 3
Babybluesbdancing Jun 3, 2017 Purple Violet Stakes 1
Ianthe Jun 3, 2017 New Start Stakes 3
Happy Mesa May 19, 2017 Hilltop Stakes 1
Family Meeting Apr 2, 2017 Distaff Turf Stakes 1
Happy Mesa Apr 1, 2017 Sanibel Island Stakes 2
Paige Mar 4, 2017 The Very One Stakes (G3) 3
D R C's Pretty Sky Jan 28, 2017 American Beauty Stakes 3
Family Meeting Jan 21, 2017 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint 1
Paige Dec 31, 2016 Via Borghese Stakes 1
Babybluesbdancing Dec 3, 2016 Pat Whitworth Illinois Debutante Stakes 1
My Impression Nov 25, 2016 Winter Memories Stakes 1
D R C's Pretty Sky Nov 23, 2016 Zia Park Distaff Stakes 1
Ianthe Nov 23, 2016 Blue Mountain Juvenile Fillies Stakes 2
My Impression Oct 21, 2016 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes (G3) 3
Thundering Sky Oct 15, 2016 Pebbles Stakes 1
Happy Mesa Oct 10, 2016 Surfer Girl Stakes 2
Floral Sky Oct 8, 2016 Diana Stakes 2
My Impression Sep 24, 2016 Commonwealth Oaks (G3) 1
Thundering Sky Sep 24, 2016 Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3) 3
Paige Sep 15, 2016 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon Stakes 2
Just Be Kind Sep 10, 2016 Ontario Debutante Stakes 1
Kappy Mesa Sep 10, 2016 Selima Stakes 1
Opportunistic Jul 31, 2016 Emerald Downs Derby 1
Highland Sky Jul 9, 2016 Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1) 2
Stormy Sky Jul 9, 2016 Dashing Beauty Stakes 3
My Impression Jul 6, 2016 Christiana Stakes 1
Opportunistic Jul 1, 2016 Chris Loseth Stakes 1
Thundering Sky Jun 19, 2016 Wild Applause Stakes 2
Fleming Jun 18, 2016 Forty Niner Stakes 3
Highland Sky Jun 4, 2016 Pennie Ridge Stakes (G3) 2
Xaverian Jun 4, 2016 Raymond Earl Stakes 1
Sky Rant May 30, 2016 First Lady Handicap 2
Xaverian May 28, 2016 Gleaming Stakes 3
Stormy Sky May 21, 2016 Vagrancy Handicap (G3) 3
Family Meeting May 20, 2016 Hilltop Stakes 2
He's a Tiger May 15, 2016 Alcatraz Stakes 3
D R C's Pretty Sky Apr 30, 2016 Goldfinch Stakes 1
Highland Sky Apr 23, 2016 Woodhaven Stakes 1
Super Saks Apr 14, 2016 Carousel Stakes 1
Highland Sky Mar 26, 2016 Cutler Bay Stakes 2
Family Meeting Mar 12, 2016 Florida Oaks (G3) 3

Details

Part of Vintage 2016. This handsome colt is a half-brother to a multiple stakes winner. He's by a G1-winning sire of a champion and by a well-bred, stakes-placed mare.

This horse was individually selected for Hibiscus Stables by legendary horseman Greg Gilchrist. Greg says, "Anyone that knows me and knows the characteristics that I look for in a horse knows that I require a horse to have balance. That means all the parts must come together nicely. This horse has excellent balance. In addition to that his colt has a very nice walk. He has a big walk and he steps over very much. He's above average in size but by no means too big. He's stout; rugged. He has good solid bone and should be sturdy."

This colt has an "A" nick. He's inbred 5x5 to Secretariat. Historically, for this mating, Sky Mesa bred to mares by Blushing Groom (FR), his sons, and grandsons, have produced 2 stakes winners (10%). The more interesting Pulpit/Rahy cross has produced G1 winner Rutherienne and G3 winner Ruthenia. Rutherienne had 11 wins, 2 seconds, and 7 thirds in 24 career starts and over $1.2 million in lifetime earnings including a win in the Del Mar Oaks (G1) along with other graded stakes placings including a 4 G1-placings all ranging in distance from 1 mile to 1 1/8 miles on the turf. Ruthenia had 5 wins, 4 seconds, and 2 thirds in 19 career starts and over $339,000 in lifetime earnings including a win in the Violet Stakes (G3), the Good Mood Stakes, and the Miss Liberty Stakes along with other stakes placings including a third in the Eatontown Handicap Stakes (G3) all ranging in distance from 1 mile to 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

At stud, Sky Mesa has sired 49 stakes winners and 1 champion. Sky Mesa has sired Champion Canadian Grass Horse and multiple G3-winning and G1-placed Dynamic Sky ($1,081,678) and G1-winning General Quarters ($1,226,655) among many others graded stakes winners. Statistically, Sky Mesa has an Average Earnings Index of 1.58 and a Comp Index of 1.69. This means that offspring of Sky Mesa earn 1.58 times that of all runners and 1.69 times the offspring of other stallions bred to the same mares. On the racetrack, Sky Mesa as a 2-year-old, won the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga and the Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (G2) at Keeneland. As a 3-year-old he ran second in the Haskell Invitational Handicap (G1) and third in the Dwyer Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. Overall, he had 3 wins, 1 second, and 1 third (2 graded stakes wins, 1 graded stakes second, and 1 graded stakes third) in 6 career starts and $633,076 in lifetime earnings.

Sky Mesa's sire is the prominent stallion Pulpit. Pulpit has sired more than 70 stakes winners including #1 North American sire Taipt, G1-winning Pyro ($1,673,673), G1-winning Rutherienne ($1,298,671), and G1-winning Corinthian ($1,267,273) among numerous other G1 winners. On the racetrack Pulpit won the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) and the Blue Grass Stakes (G2) and ran second in the Florida Derby (G1). Overall, he had 4 wins and 1 second (2 graded stakes wins and 1 graded stakes second) in 6 career starts.

Sky Mesa's dam is Caress. Caress is a multiple G3 winner. She had 13 wins and over $666,000 in lifetime earnings. She won the Athenia Handicap (G3), the Poker Stakes (G3), the Beaugay Handicap (G3), the Just a Game Breeders' Cup Handicap, the Suffolk Handicap, the My Charmer Handicap, and the Just a Game Stakes.

Our colt's dam, Big Promise (by Rahy), is stakes-placed. She ran second in the American Beauty Handicap going 1 mile on the turf at Santa Anita. She had 4 wins and 7 seconds in 22 career starts and over $179,000 in lifetime earnings. Big Promise produced 2 winners including multiple stakes winner Lori's Store. Lori's Store has 4 wins, 4 seconds, and 4 thirds and over $327,000 in lifetime earnings with her stakes wins ranging in distance from 1 mile to 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

Our colt's dam's sire is the G2-winning Rahy. Rahy is one of the leading broodmare sires and has been in the top 24 on the North American Broodmare Sire list every year since 2007. He's been in the top 20 eight of those nine years and in the top 10 three times . He's the sire of dams of 144 stakes winners. Rahy is the broodmare sire of champions Giant's Causeway, Rahy's Attorney, Callwood Dancer (IRE), Andiroba, Sure Danzig, Alex Rossi (ARG), Hidden Destiny, Britanica, The Iric, Algeciras, and Diego Rivera. On the racetrack Rahy won the Bel Air Handicap (G2) going 1 mile and the Bonusprint Sirenia Stakes going 6 furlongs. He ran second in the Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes (Eng-1), the Goodwood Handicap (G3), and the Harold C. Ramser, Sr Handicap (G3). He ran third in the Rokeby Farms Mill Reef Stakes (Eng-3).

Our colt's second dam, Effectiveness (by Notebook), is a multiple stakes winner and is G3-placed. She won the Powder Break Handicap and the Columbiana Handicap. She ran second in the Fleur de Lis Handicap (G3) and third in the Delaware Handicap (G3), the Arlington Heights Oaks (G3), and the Ribbon Stakes. She is the dam of 4 winners including 2 stakes-placed horses. She's produced stakes-placed Strength Within and stakes-placed Big Promise.

Our colt's third dam, Herbs and Spices (by Relaunch), is the dam of 9 winners including one G3-placed runner. She's produced G3-placed Effectiveness.

Our colt's fourth dam, Prize Spot (by Little Current), is a G1 Winner. She won the Hollywood Oaks (G1) at Hollywood Park, the Linda Vista Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita, and the Princess Stakes (G3) at Hollywood Park. She also ran second in the Yellow Ribbon Invitational Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, the La Canada Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, the Las Palmas Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita, the El Encino Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita, and the Honeymoon Handicap (G3) at Hollywood Park. She ran third in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, the Ramona Handicap (G3) at Del Mar, and the La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita. She had 5 wins, 7 seconds, and 4 thirds in 21 career starts and over $280,000 in lifetime earnings. She is the dam of 5 winners including stakes winning Georgia River and stakes-placed Fiscal Win.

This outstanding colt is by a champion-producing sire and by a stakes-producing mare. He has the breeding to compete on either surface and at classic distances. He is a registered New York-bred and will run on the Belmont/Aqueduct/Saratoga circuit. He's nominated to the Aspirant Stakes, the New York Breeders' Futurity, and The Breeders' Cup. He will be trained by Linda Rice.

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