Sunny Skies First Stakes Winner From Animal Kingdom
Normandy Farms homebred, Sunny Skies won the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs. She became the first stakes winner for her freshman sire and second juvenile stakes winner of the night for trainer Ken McPeek. Despite grey skies and thunderstorms, the filly was able to manage a sloppy track and romped to win by nine lengths. Gr.1 Dubai World Cup 2013 winner and Darley stallion Animal Kingdom, had also proved to be quite versatile with wins on dirt, turf and synthetic. “This filly has been a bit of a handful to train” said McPeek “she’s coming around very well.”