Sky Beauty
| Sky Beauty | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Blushing Groom |
| Dam | Maplejinksy |
| Damsire | Nijinsky II |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1990 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Susan & Howard Kaskel |
| Owner | Georgia E. Hofmann |
| Trainer | H. Allen Jerkens |
| Record | 21: 15-2-2 |
| Earnings | $1,336,000 |
| Major wins | |
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Matron Stakes (1992) Adirondack Stakes (1992) Acorn Stakes (1993) Mother Goose Stakes (1993) Coaching Club American Oaks (1993) Alabama Stakes (1993) Rare Perfume Stakes (1993) Ruffian Handicap (1994) Shuvee Handicap (1994) Hempstead Handicap (1994) Go For Wand Handicap (1994) Vagrancy Handicap (1994, 1995) |
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| Awards | |
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8th U.S. Filly Triple Crown Champion (1993) U.S. Champion Older Female Horse (1994) |
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| Honours | |
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Sky Beauty Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack US Racing Hall of Fame (2011) |
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| Last updated on April 23, 20017 | |
Sky Beauty ( February 9, 1990–July 2, 2004) was a thoroughbred horse who won the 1993 Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. As of 2016, she was the last filly to win this title.
Georgia E. Hofmann, who owned Wycombe House Stud, bought Sky Beauty for $355,000 at the 1991 Saratoga yearling sale from her breeders, Howard and Susan Kaskel of Sugar Maple Farm. The acquisition served as a sort of homecoming because Hofmann and her late husband, Philip, had bred Sky Beauty's dam, Maplejinsky (by Nijinsky II). Maplejinsky was sold to the Kaskels for $750,000 and was then trained by Philip G. Johnson. She scored her biggest win in the 1988 Alabama Stakes for Susan Kaskel. When she was bred to Blushing Groom (a French stallion by Red God out of Runaway Bride), Maplejinsky produced Sky Beauty. The Hofmanns, who bought the daughter of the filly they had sold to the Kaskels, also bred and raced Maplejinsky's dam, homebred Gold Beauty, the 1982 winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Sprint Horse.
Now owned by the breeders of her dam and her grand-dam, Sky Beauty was trained by the "Giant Killer," H. Allen Jerkens. As a 2-year-old, she won the Grade I Matron Stakes and the Grade II Adirondack Stakes. She finished first in the Grade I Spinaway Stakes, but was disqualified and placed third. In 1993-94, the filly dominated the New York distaff scene as a 3- and 4-year-old. She won 10 graded stakes races, eight of which were Grade I events. She took the three Grade I races that made up the former Triple Tiara—the Acorn Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes and the Coaching Club American Oaks. Additionally, she won the Grade I Alabama Stakes and the Grade II Rare Perfume Stakes. Sky Beauty seemed destined for a 3-year-old championship, but lost out to Hollywood Wildcat after that filly won the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Racetrack.
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