Skywalker (horse)

Skywalker
Sire	Relaunch
Grandsire	In Reality
Dam	Bold Captive
Damsire	Boldnesian
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1982
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay
Breeder	Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds Ltd.
Owner	Oak Cliff Stable
Trainer	Michael Whittingham
Record	20: 8-3-3
Earnings	$2,226,750
Major wins
Santa Anita Derby (1985) Longacres Mile (1986) Mervyn Leroy Handicap (1986) San Diego Handicap (1986) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Classic (1986)
Last updated on October 10, 2007

Skywalker (1982–2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for winning the 1986 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Bred in Kentucky by Thomas P. Tatham's Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds Ltd., who also bred Sunday Silence, Skywalker was foaled and raised at Arthur B. Hancock III's Stone Farm. Sired by Relaunch and out of the mare Bold Captive, he was named by Tatham's son for Luke Skywalker, a lead character in the Star Wars motion pictures.

Skywalker was trained by Michael Whittingham and raced under the Oak Cliff Stable partnership led by Thomas Tatham.

Skywalker began racing in California in 1984 at age two, where he won one of his two starts and was off the board in the other. In his three-year-old campaign, he made five starts, winning twice. His most notable victory came under future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr. when they won the most important West Coast race for three-year-olds, the Santa Anita Derby. He was then sent to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby, where jockey Eddie Delahoussaye rode him to a sixth-place finish behind winner Spend A Buck.