Skipat Stakes
Ungraded Stakes race | |
Location | Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1993 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.pimlico.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up; fillies & mares |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $75,000 |
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.
The race is during the latter part of April/early May and was named in honor of , 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. In 1979 and 1981, she won the grade two Barbara Fritchie Handicap. Her second victory in the Fritchie came after she had been retired, bred and foaled. In August 1989, she was struck by lightning and killed in her stall. Her foal (Skilaunch) was standing next to her, survived, and went on to produce five stakes winners from five foals.[1]
The Skipat Stakes is the lead off leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Fillies and Mare Sprint Dirt Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
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:
- 3 - Mario Pino (1995, 1998 & 2001)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Richard W. Delp (1995 & 1998)
- 2 - Michael E. Gorham (2000 & 2006)
- 2 - Timothy F. Ritchey (2002 & 2008)
Winners of the Skipat Stakes[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (furlongs) |
Time |
Purse |
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2021 | Chub Wagon | 4 | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Guadalupe Preciado | Daniel J. Lopez | 6 fur. | 1:09.71 | $100,000 |
2020 | Never Enough Time | 4 | Julian Pimentel | Michael J. Trombetta | Larry Johnson | 6 fur. | 1:10.42 | $100,000 |
2019 | Chalon | 5 | Javier Castellano | Arnaud Delacour | Lael Stables | 6 fur. | 1:09.46 | $100,000 |
2018 | Vertical Oak | 5 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Steve Asmussen | J. Kirk Robison | 6 fur. | 1:10.35 | $100,000 |
2017 | Clipthecouponannie | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 6 fur. | 1:10.93 | $100,000 |
2016 | Disco Chick | 5 | Trevor McCarthy | Freedom Acres | 6 fur. | 1:10.33 | $100,000 | |
2015 | Galiana | 5 | Triple R Stable | 6 fur. | 0:00.00 | $100,000 | ||
2014 | Lion D N A | 5 | Joel Rosario | Bethlehem Stables | 6 fur. | 1:11.09 | $100,000 | |
2013 | Dance to Bristol | 4 | Xavier Perez | Copperville Farm | 6 fur. | 1:11.86 | $100,000 | |
2012 | Bold Affair | 4 | Abel Castellano | Mike Zanella & Charles Reed | 6 fur. | 1:11.71 | $100,000 | |
2011 | Race not held | |||||||
2010 | Lights Off Annie | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | Repole Stable | 6 fur. | 1:10.33 | $70,000 | |
2009 | All Giving | 5 | Concepts Unlimited Stables | 6 fur. | 1:10.70 | $56,560 | ||
2008 | Akronism | 4 | Timothy F. Ritchey | 6 fur. | 1:09.76 | $75,000 | ||
2007 | Silmaril | 6 | Ryan Fogelsonger | Stephen E. Quick | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $100,000 | |
2006 | Trickle of Gold | 4 | John D. Murphy | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | $75,000 | ||
2005 | Spring Rush | 5 | Michael J. Gill | 6 fur. | 1:10.20 | $75,000 | ||
2004 | Love You Madly | 4 | Michael J. Trombetta | Dixiana Farms | 6 fur. | 1:11.40 | $50,000 | |
2003 | Bronze Abe | 4 | Grover G. Delp | Samuel Bayard | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $75,000 | |
2002 | Madame Roar | 4 | Jeremy Rose | Timothy F. Ritchey | Hidden Point Farm, Inc. | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | $50,000 |
2001 | Big Bambu | 4 | Mario Pino | Edward E. Marshal & John Schoonover | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $75,000 | |
2000 | Lily's Affair | 4 | Harry Vega | Stronach Stable | 6 fur. | 1:11.00 | $75,000 | |
1999 | Crab Grass | 5 | Rick Wilson | Barclay Tagg | William M. Backer | 6 fur. | 1:12.20 | $75,000 |
1998 | Weather Vane | 4 | Mario Pino | Par Four Racing Stable | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $80,000 | |
1997 | Conradley | 5 | Edgar Prado | Mea Culpa Stables | 6 fur. | 1:10.20 | $80,000 | |
1996 | Cherokee Wonder | 5 | Mark T. Johnston | ZWP Stables | 6.5 fur. | 1:16.40 | $55,000 | |
1995 | Smart 'n Noble | 4 | Mario Pino | Robert L. Scruggs Jr. | 6.5 fur. | 1:16.40 | $200,000 | |
1994 | Wild Lady A. | 4 | Katherine Koontz | 6.5 fur. | 1:18.60 | $35,000 | ||
1993 | Tripp Trial | 4 | Chris Huber & Ron Slyder | 7 fur. | 1:26.00 | $35,000 |
See also[]
- Skipat Stakes top three finishers and starters
- Pimlico Race Course
- List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course
References[]
- ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 270 on March 3, 2007.
- Ungraded stakes races in the United States
- 1981 establishments in Maryland
- Pimlico Race Course
- Horse races in Maryland
- Recurring sporting events established in 1981