Sky Kingdom Retired to Darby Dan
Updated: September 22, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Two-time GIII Tokyo City Cup S. winner Sky Kingdom (Empire Maker–Sky Beam, by Kingmambo) has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 season at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, for a fee of $5,000 stands and nurses. The 6-year-old will be part of the Darby Dan Share the Upside program and is now available for inspection.
“Sky Kingdom is a track record-setter and multiple graded stakes winner, and he possesses a tremendous blend of classic looks and pedigree,” said Robert Hammond, Darby Dan Vice Chairman. “He’s one of the top physicals I’ve seen by Empire Maker, who’s quickly emerging as a sire of sires, and Sky Kingdom is from the direct female family of A.P. Indy. He represents a great opportunity for breeders through our Share The Upside program, and we invite people to come out and see him.”
Trained by Bob Baffert for Westrock Stables LLC, Sky Kingdom retired with a record of 21-6-2-4 and earnings of $532,122. Capturing his first black-type win in the 2013 Tokyo City Cup, the bay set a new track record for 1 1/16 miles at Los Alamitos when winning the American Flag S. in 1:42.32 in July of last year. He romped by 5 3/4 lengths in this term’s Tokyo City Cup Mar. 28 and was last seen finishing third in Del Mar’s GIII Cougar II H. July 24.