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.
| Listed race | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
|---|---|
| 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 race is during the latter part of April/early May and 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. 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
editSpeed 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
edit| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (furlongs) |
Time |
Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Joy's Rocket | 4 | Joel Rosario | Steve Asmussen | Team Hanley & Parkland Thoroughbreds | 6 fur. | 1:09.76 | $100,000 |
| 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 | Mario Serey | Freedom Acres | 6 fur. | 1:10.33 | $100,000 |
| 2015 | Galiana | 5 | Abel Lezcano | Rodolfo Romero | Triple R Stable | 6 fur. | 0:00.00 | $100,000 |
| 2014 | Lion D N A | 5 | Joel Rosario | Rudy Rodriguez | Bethlehem Stables | 6 fur. | 1:11.09 | $100,000 |
| 2013 | Dance to Bristol | 4 | Ollie Figgins, III | Xavier Perez | Copperville Farm | 6 fur. | 1:11.86 | $100,000 |
| 2012 | Bold Affair | 4 | Abel Castellano | Howard Wolfendale | Mike Zanella & Charles Reed | 6 fur. | 1:11.71 | $100,000 |
| 2011 | Race not held | |||||||
| 2010 | Lights Off Annie | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | 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 | Robert S. Evans | 6 fur. | 1:09.76 | $75,000 |
| 2007 | Silmaril | 6 | Ryan Fogelsonger | Christopher W. Grove | Stephen E. Quick | 6 fur. | 1:10.80 | $100,000 |
| 2006 | Trickle of Gold | 4 | Alex O. 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 | Timothy F. Ritchey | Hidden Point Farm, Inc. | 6 fur. | 1:11.20 | $50,000 |
| 2001 | Big Bambu | 4 | Mario Pino | Alan Sobol | Edward E. Marshal & John Schoonover | 6 fur. | 1:09.80 | $75,000 |
| 2000 | Lily's Affair | 4 | Harry Vega | Michael E. Gorham | 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 | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 270 on March 3, 2007.