Skywire

Skywire, an Afleet Alex gelding owned by Gary Barber and Lou Tucci and trained by Mark Casse, picked up his first graded stakes in his 10^th career start on July 4, 2020, when he posted a 1 ¼-length win in the Grade 2 Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine at odds of 17.05-1. He won the first two starts of his career during winter 2018-19 and then captured the listed Wando Stakes at Woodbine in April 28 before going on a four-race winless streak that was highlighted by a runner-up finish in the May 2019 Marine Stakes.

After being gelded in late summer 2019, Skywire was shelved until March 2020, when he returned to post two fourth-place finishes in allowance races at Fair Grounds and Woodbine. The gelding put it all together in the Eclipse Stakes, overcoming a slow start to rally strongly in the 1 1/16-mile race on Woodbine’s all-weather surface and post the upset.