MGSW Blueskiesnrainbows (English Channel) at the age of 16-year-old passed away due to complications from colic last week, Marcinda Mitchell, DVM from Sunlight Farm and Bad Boy Racing said in a Thursday press release.
Blueskiesnrainbows was campaigned by Bad Boy Racing (Kelly Mitchell) and Whizway Farms (Stan Whisenant). During his racing career he was conditioned by Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and Jerry Hollendorfer.
According to Equibase, Blueskiesnrainbows made 28 starts, got his picture snapped seven times and took home $672,552 in earnings. His wins on dirt at Southern California tracks included the GII Swaps Stakes, the GII San Pasqual Stakes and the GIII Native Diver Stakes. He was the runner-up to London Bridge (Arch) in the GII Breeder's Cup Marathon Stakes.
At stud the Virginia-bred began his career in Indiana and then moved in 2019 to Sunlight Farm in Oklahoma. Over the course of seven crops the stallion was responsible for 51 foals.
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