Stud Record
Retired to stud duty at Cardiff Stud Farm in Creston, California, he notably sired Bertrando, the 1993 Eclipse Award winner for American Champion Older Male Horse. Another notable son is Sky Terrace 2002 Winnings: 16 Starts: 4 - 1 - 2, $218,709 - 1st Derby Trial Stakes-G3 2nd Le-Comte S. 3rd Lafayette Stakes-G3, Northern Dancer Stakes. Skywalker was also the damsire of Sky Jack, a Hollywood Gold Cup winner. Moved to his birthplace at Stone Farm in 1996, Skywalker died of a heart attack at age twenty-one on February 25, 2003. He is buried in the Stone Farm equine cemetery.
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