As a broodmare sire, Sky Mesa has been represented by 35 black-type winners, which include 10 graded stakes winners. Tiznow did not race at 2 but won consecutive editions of the Breeders' Cup ...

Late Friday night, the horse was scratched from Saturday's big race. If Sky Mesa, a 2-year-old colt bought for $750,000 at last fall's Keeneland Sale, had won, he would have earned $850,000 for Oxley.