Meadow Skipper

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Meadow Skipper
BreedStandardbred
SireDale Frost
GrandsireHal Dale
Dam
DamsireKings Council
SexStallion
FoaledMay 8, 1960
CountryUSA
ColourBrown
BreederChristy S. Hayes (USA)
Owner
TrainerEarle Avery
Earnings$428,057
Major wins
Cane Pace (1963)
American Pacing Classic (1964)
Honours
United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1983)

Meadow Skipper (May 8, 1960 – 1982) was a Standardbred racehorse and sire. He earned $428,057 as a racehorse.[1]

Background[]

Meadow Skipper was a brown horse foaled in 1960 by Dale Frost out of the U. S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame mare Countess Vivian by Kings Council.[2]

Career[]

Trained and driven by Earle Avery, Meadow Skipper was a world or season champion during each year that he raced.[3] He won the 1963 Cane Pace, and placed second in the Little Brown Jug.[1]

Stud record[]

When he retired to the breeding farm, Meadow Skipper sired more than 1,700 progeny.[1] As a stud, his progeny earned $66 million. He sired 456 two-minute pacers, including Triple Crown winners Ralph Hanover and Most Happy Fella;[1][3] plus Albatross, sire of Niatross,[4] Chairmanoftheboard, and Naughty But Nice.

The winnings of the 2,546 progeny of Albatross, Meadow Skipper's son, earned $130,700,280.[5] Niatross is believed by many to be the greatest harness horse of all time. He was Harness Horse of the Year as a two- and three-year-old in 1979 and 1980, won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers, and obliterated the world record by three full seconds with a mile time of 1:49.1.[4]

Retirement[]

Meadow Skipper retired to Stoner Creek Farm in Kentucky, and died there in 1982.[1] In 1983, Meadow Skipper was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame.[6]

Pedigree[]

Pedigree of Meadow Skipper (USA), Standardbred brown, 1960[1]
Sire
Dale Frost (1951)
p,1:58m; $204,117 		Hal Dale (1926)
p,6,2:02¼m; $595 		Abbedale (1917)
p,2:01¼m 		The Abbe (1903)
p,2:04
Daisydale D. (1908)
Margaret Hal (1914)
p,2,2:19¼ 		Argot Hal (1903)
2:07½m p,11,T2:04¾m
Margaret Polk (1906)
Galloway (1939)
p,2:04.4h; $5,294 		Raider (1929)
p,1:59½m 		Peter Volo (1911)
4,2:02m; $44,536
Nelda Dillon (1920)
Bethel (1926) David Guy (1915)
3,2:05¼m
Annotation (1914)
p,2,2:18¼h
Dam
(1950)
p,3,1:59m; $43,262 		Kings Council (1940)
p,6,1:58m; $44,930 		Volomite (1926)
3,2:03¼m; $32,649 		Peter Volo (1911)
4,2:02m; $44,536
Cita Frisco (1921)
Margaret Spangler (1918)
p,2:02¼ 		Guy Axworthy (1902)
4,T2:08¾m
Maggie Winder (1906)
p,3,2:06¼m
Filly Direct (1941)
p,3,2:06¾h; $6,299 		(1934)
p,4,T1:55m; $12,040 		Napoleon Direct (1909)
p,1:59¾m
Gay Forbes (1916)
p,5,2:18¾
Calumet Edna (1931)
p,2:19¾h 		Peter the Brewer (1918)
4,2:02½
Broncho Queen (1916)
p,2:09¼h

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Meadow Skipper, C, Standardbred, 1960". Select Web Ventures, LLC. 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Meadow Skipper". Harness Racing Australia, Inc. 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Hoffman, D.A. (2012). "Harness racing in New York State: A history of trotters, tracks and horsemen". The History Press (Charleston, South Carolina). Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Niatross - the best pacer of all-time? All in the family". 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Plus: Horse racing - harness racing: Albatross dies". The New York Times (New York, New York). 6 August 1998. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  6. ^ Meadow Skipper bio at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame Retrieved December 19, 2016
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