Dynamic Sky Retired, to Stand at Shannondoe

John Oxley's Sovereign Award winner Dynamic Sky   has been retired and will enter stud at the Everatt family's Shannondoe Farm in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. He will stand for a fee of $4,000 (Canadian), stands and nurses.

Stakes-placed in his two-year-old debut, Dynamic Sky won the subsequent Vandal Stakes at Woodbine before a strong runner-up effort in the Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (gr. I) at Keeneland. 

Dynamic Sky flirted with the American Triple Crown races after a highly impressive 3-year-old debut in the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and close second, beaten just a neck, in the Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III). Back in Canada to prep for the Canadian classics, Dynamic Sky was a game nose victor in the Plate Trial Stakes before a third-place run in the $1 million Queen's Plate. 

Dynamic Sky blossomed into a top grass runner during his 4-year-old season. He placed in four graded stakes, including the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (Can-IT) and the Pattison Canadian International (Can-IT), two of Canada's most important turf events. He capped off the year with a rousing victory in the Red Smith Handicap (gr. IIIT) in New York. In that race he defeated eventual Eclipse Award winner Big Blue Kitten by 1 1/4 lengths. That effort also solidified support among Sovereign Award voters, who made him 2014's champion turf male in Canada. 

"Dynamic Sky is the most versatile good horse I have ever trained," said trainer Mark Casse. "He was a stakes winner at 2,3, and 4 on dirt, Poly, and turf from 6 1/2 furlongs to 11 furlongs. If you are looking for a Queen's Plate winner he is the horse to breed to."

A son of the Pulpit stallion Sky Mesa   out of the stakes-winning Distorted Humor   mare Murani, Dynamic Sky won or placed in a total of 15 black-type races. He retires with a career bankroll of $1,099,258. 

"From the proven sire line of Pulpit, he was precocious, versatile, and sound," added Shannondoe Farm's Arika Everatt-Meeuse. "Dynamic Sky offers breeders the total package as he is a gorgeous individual as well!"

Dynamic Sky is now available for inspection at Shannondoe Farm. Inquiries can be made to Arika Everatt-Meeuse at 519-871-9347 or via email at arika@shannondoefarm.com.