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Skylighter (KY)

7yo Bay Filly

Trainer: H. Graham Motion
Jockey: Ramon A. Dominguez
Owner: Darley Stable
Breeder: Stonerside Stable
Skylighter Sky Mesa Pulpit
Caress
Painted Lady Broad Brush
Nastique
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 Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Unbridled Belle Goes Back-to-Back in Obeah

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Skylighter Easily Wins Allaire duPont

Skylighter Easily Wins Allaire duPont

Julien Leparoux sent Skylighter to the front, and the Sky Mesa filly just coasted around the track to an easy victory in the first stakes on the Preakness day undercard May 16, the Allaire duPont Distaff (gr. II).

 Saturday, May 16, 2009
DuPont Distaff: Darley Duo Tops Slight Field

DuPont Distaff: Darley Duo Tops Slight Field

Darley Stable's tandem of Sea Chanter and Skylighter look best in a seven-horse field entered for the $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. II) at Pimlico May 16. The options could narrow, though, if Sea Chanter and another well-regarded entry, Striking Tomisue, run instead in the Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park the same day.

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Getting a patented rail-skimming ride from Calvin Borel, Miss Isella won Thursday's 93rd running of the $169,800 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) by a length over Skylighter on Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, November 27, 2008
Spring Waltz Ready for Falls City Dance

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Spring Waltz, winner of the Rampart Handicap (gr. II) for trainer Bobby Frankel earlier this year, carries top weight of 120 pounds in a full field of 12 fillies and mares for the $150,000 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs on Nov. 27.

 Sunday, November 23, 2008
Skylighter Breaks Clear in Indiana Oaks

Skylighter Breaks Clear in Indiana Oaks

Skylighter, making her stakes debut after a layoff of nearly three months for trainer Bobby Frankel, made her 14-1 odds look like a gift when she charged home to win the $406,400 Indiana Oaks (gr. II) by three lengths at Hoosier Park Oct. 3.

 Friday, October 03, 2008
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Sky Mom, seeking her fourth win of the 2008 campaign for trainer Steve Asmussen, is the 5-2 morning line favorite for the $400,000 Indiana Oaks (gr. II) at Hoosier Park on the evening of Oct. 3.

 Wednesday, October 01, 2008
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Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Proud Spell takes on at least one-half of a powerful Godolphin Stable entry in a small but entertaining line-up for the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 16.

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Godolphin's Music Note, impressive winner of the grade I Mother Goose and Coaching Club American Oaks likely will stay in her own division and point for the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 16.

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Skylighter wins the 2009 DuPont Distaff.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Skylighter wins the 2009 DuPont Distaff.

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