Sky
High 1960 Golden Slipper winner
Racehorse
Sky High was foaled in 1957 and was by Star
Kingdom out of the mare Flight's Daughter (by Helios)
From 55 starts he had 29
wins, 10 seconds and 9 thirds and won $170,337 in prize money.
His main wins were in the
1960 Golden
Slipper Stakes and Champagne
Stakes, VRC
Derby and Autumn Stakes, 1961-2 Lightning
Stakes, 1961 Epsom
Handicap.
He also won the 1959 AJC
Breeders’ Plate, 1961 VRC Futurity
Stakes, 1961 AJC All
Aged Stakes, 1961 STC Canterbury
Stakes, AJC Warwick
Stakes, 1961 Caulfield Stakes, 1961 VRC L.K.S.
MacKinnon Stakes, 1962-3 STC Rawson Stakes (now
Ranvet Stakes) and 1962 AJC Chipping
Norton Stakes, 1962 VATC Caulfield
Stakes and VRC Linlithgow Stakes (now Salinger
Stakes).
He stood for years at Woodlands
Stud and was then sent to the USA where he stood at Claiborne Lodge
before dying in 1973.
Sky
High's wins:
WON
30-Oct-59 Randwick Breeders Plate 5 f
WON 13-Feb-60 Rosehill 2YO Graduation 6 f
WON 2-Mar-60 Canterbury 2YO Graduation 6 f
WON 12-Mar-60 Rosehilll 2YO Quality Hcp. 6 f
WON 26-Mar-60 Rosehill Golden Slipper Stakes 6 f
WON 13-Apr-60 Randwick Champagne Stakes 6 f
WON 29-Oct-60 Flemington Victoria Derby 12 f
WON 4-Feb-61 Flemington Lightning Stakes 5 f
WON 4-Mar-61 Caulfield Futurity Stakes 7 f
WON 15-Mar-61 Flemington C.M. Lloyd Stakes 8 f
WON 25-Mar-61 Randwick All-Aged Stakes 8 f
WON 2-Aug-61 Canterbury Canterbury Stakes 6 f
WON 30-Aug-61 Warwick Farm Warwick Stakes 7 f
WON 30-Sep-61 Randwick Daily Telegraph Stakes 6
f
WON 2-Oct-61 Randwick Epsom Handicap 8 f
WON 18-Oct-61 Caulfield Caulfield Stakes 9 f
WON 4-Nov-61 Flemington Mackinnon Stakes 10 f
WON 3-Feb-62 Flemington Lightning Stakes 5 f
WON 14-Mar-62 Flemington C.M. Lloyd Stakes 8 f
WON 24-Mar-62 Rosehill Rawson Stakes 9 f
WON 7-Apr-62 Rosehill Chipping Norton Stakes 10
f
WON 4-Aug-62 Canterbury Canterbury Stakes 6 f
WON 18-Aug-62 Warwick Farm Warwick Stakes 7 f
WON 8-Sep-62 Rosehill Hill Stakes 8-1/2 f
WON 22-Sep-62 Randwick Telegraph Stakes 7 f
WON 17-Oct-62 Caulfield Caulfield Stakes 9 f
WON 8-Nov-62 Flemington Linlithgow Stakes 8 f
WON 16-Mar-63 Rosehill Rawson Stakes 7-1/2 f
WON 13-Apr-63 Randwick Autumn Stakes 10 f
Breeder : Sir Brian Crowley,
Baramul Stud, Widden Valley, NSW
Owner : Sir Brian Crowley
Cost : raced by breeder
Trainer : Jack Green
Jockey (wins): George Moore (17) N Sellwood (6) A Mulley (3) D Weir
(1) R Williams (1) W Camer (1)