 Sky Watch was originally supposed to be a fine harness show horse, but he didn't take to being driven and was soon switched to under-saddle showing instead.He was initially trained by Mitch Clark, who showed Sky Watch to a win in the two-year-old five-gaited World Championship in 1979.Michele McFarlane saw the horse as a two-year-old, bought him for $50,000 and shipped him to California where he was put in training with Rob Tanner.