Skipat Stakes
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The Skipat Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
held annually at Pimlico Race Course
in Baltimore, Maryland. Contested over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt, it is open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up.
Run during the latter part of April/early May. The race was named in honor of Skipat, a rangy, 17.1-hand chestnut daughter of Jungle Cove. She won 27 races from 45 starts over six years earning $614,215 in her career. Her two most memorable victories came in the grade two Barbara Fritchie Handicap
in 1979 and 1981. Her second victory in the Fritchie came after she had been retired, bred and foaled. She was born of very modest means from a $1,000 mare and a $1,500 stallion. Tragically in August of 1989 she was struck by lightning and killed in her stall. Ironically her foal (Skilaunch) was standing right next to her and survived and went on to produce five stakes winners from only five foals.
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
held annually at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
in Baltimore, Maryland. Contested over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt, it is open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up.
Run during the latter part of April/early May. The race was named in honor of Skipat, a rangy, 17.1-hand chestnut daughter of Jungle Cove. She won 27 races from 45 starts over six years earning $614,215 in her career. Her two most memorable victories came in the grade two Barbara Fritchie Handicap
Barbara Fritchie Handicap
The Barbara Fritchie Handicap is an American race for Thoroughbred horses run at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland each year. A Grade II, this race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $300,000.The race is run in...
in 1979 and 1981. Her second victory in the Fritchie came after she had been retired, bred and foaled. She was born of very modest means from a $1,000 mare and a $1,500 stallion. Tragically in August of 1989 she was struck by lightning and killed in her stall. Ironically her foal (Skilaunch) was standing right next to her and survived and went on to produce five stakes winners from only five foals.
Records
Speed record:- 6 furlongs - 1:09.80 - Weather Vane (1998) & Big Bambu (2001)
- 6.5 furlongs - 1:16.40 - Cherokee Wonder (1996) & Smart 'n Noble (1995)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
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- 3 - Mario Pino (1995, 1998 & 2001)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
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- 2 - Richard W. Delp (1995 & 1998)
- 2 - Michael E. Gorham (2000 & 2006)
Winners of the Skipat Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance |
Time | Purse |
Grade |
| 2010 | Lights Off Annie | 5 | Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer.... |
Michael E. Hushion | Repole Stable | 6 fur. | 1:10.33 | $70,000 | |
| 2009 | All Giving | 5 | Jonathan Joyce | Flint Stites | Concepts Unlimited Stables | 6 fur. | 1:10.70 | $56,560 | |
| 2008 | Akronism | 4 | Pablo Morales | Timothy F. Ritchey Timothy F. Ritchey Timothy F. "Tim" Ritchey is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is best known as the trainer of Afleet Alex, a 2005 winner of two American Classic Races, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.... |
Robert S. Evans | 6 fur. | 1:09.76 | $75,000 | |
| 2007 | Silmaril Silmaril (horse) Silmaril Silmaril Silmaril (foaled March 31, 2001 in Maryland is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse. She is sired by stakes winner, Diamond, who in turn was sired by leading North American sire, Mr. Prospector. She was out of the mare, Kattebuck, whose sire was the 1985 United States Horse of... |
6 | Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger Ryan Fogelsonger is an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Based in Maryland, Fogelsonger began riding in 2002 but was late getting started, earning his first win on May 1 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland... |
Christopher W. Grove | Stephen E. Quick | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $100,000 | |
| 2006 | Trickle of Gold | 4 | A. Beitia | Michael E. Gorham | John D. Murphy | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | $75,000 | |
| 2005 | Spring Rush | 5 | Steve Hamilton | Mark Shuman | Michael J. Gill | 6 fur. | 1:10.20 | $75,000 | |
| 2004 | Love You Madly | 4 | Jozbin Santana | Michael J. Trombetta | Dixiana Farms | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | $50,000 | |
| 2003 | Bronze Abe | 4 | Erick Rodriguez | Grover G. Delp | Samuel Bayard | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $75,000 | |
| 2002 | Madame Roar | 4 | Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to... |
Timothy F. Ritchey Timothy F. Ritchey Timothy F. "Tim" Ritchey is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is best known as the trainer of Afleet Alex, a 2005 winner of two American Classic Races, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.... |
Hidden Point Farm, Inc. | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | $50,000 | |
| 2001 | Big Bambu | 4 | Mario Pino | Alan Sobol | E. Marshal and J. Schoonover | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $75,000 | |
| 2000 | Lily's Affair | 4 | Harry Vega Harry Vega Harry Vega is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Vega began his riding career in Michigan in 1983 then in the late 1980s moved to compete at tracks on the Northeast coast of the United States... |
Michael E. Gorham | Stronach Stable | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $75,000 | |
| 1999 | Crab Grass | 5 | Rick Wilson | Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and... |
William M. Backer | 6 fur. | 1:12.20 | $75,000 | |
| 1998 | Weather Vane | 4 | Mario Pino | Richard W. Delp | Par Four Racing Stable | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $80,000 | |
| 1997 | Conradley | 5 | Edgar Prado | Ronald Cartwright | Mea Culpa Stables | 6 fur. | 1:10.20 | $80,000 | |
| 1996 | Cherokee Wonder | 5 | Mark T. Johnston | Gary Capuano | ZWP Stables | 6.5 fur. | 1:16.40 | $55,000 | |
| 1995 | Smart 'n Noble | 4 | Mario Pino | Richard W. Delp | Robert L. Scruggs Jr. | 6.5 fur. | 1:16.40 | $200,000 | |
| 1994 | Wild Lady A. | 4 | Jeff Lloyd | Floyd W. Snyder | Katherine Koontz | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.60 | $35,000 | |
| 1993 | Tripp Trial | 4 | William Moorefield | Francis P. Campitelli | Chris Huber & Ron Slyder | 7 fur. | 1:26.00 | $35,000 | |
See also
- Skipat Stakes top three finishers and startersSkipat Stakes top three finishers and startersThis is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Skipat Stakes, an American stakes race for filles and mares, three year-olds and up at 6 furlongs on the dirt held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland...
- Pimlico Race CoursePimlico Race CoursePimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
- List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course