1998 Woodward Stakes - Skip Away
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- Skip Away raced into thoroughbred history yesterday when he won the 45th Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park against an all-star field. With the victory, his ninth straight, he drew ever closer to the stature and the money record of the great Cigar.
Skip Away, the durable gray 5-year-old purchased three years ago for $22,000 by the trainer Sonny Hine for his wife, Carolyn, won by a length and three-quarters over Gentlemen, the 6-year-old iron horse from Argentina, with Running Stag third, Free House fourth and Coronado's Quest fifth and last.
Coronado's Quest, the only 3-year-old in the field, saw his five-race winning streak end.
Jerry Bailey, who won his fourth Woodward Stakes and his third in the last four years, including two aboard Cigar, was asked to rank Skip Away and Cigar.
''It's like having two kids,'' he said. ''Which one do you love most?''
Sonny Hine, clamoring for respect for his horse for months, said: ''He is some horse, the best there is. He is one of the best I've ever seen. He is so brilliant.''
Carolyn Hine said, ''We want him to get the respect he deserves.''
Richard Mandella, the California trainer whose Dare and Go ended Cigar's winning streak at 16 two years ago, led the cheers for his Gentlemen but acknowledged Skip Away's achievement.
''At the top of the stretch, I thought we had a big chance to win this one,'' Mandella said. ''But Skip Away just got away from us. He showed everyone just how much of a tremendous horse he is.''
Shug McGaughey, the trainer of Coronado's Quest, said: ''Skip Away is getting close to making history. Everyone thought this would be a great race, but it didn't really shape up like everyone thought. Coronado's Quest and Free House did not run their races, and maybe Skip Away made them not run their races.''
For a quarter of a mile, Skip Away ran a length or so behind Coronado's Quest, who flew the first quarter-mile in 223/5 seconds. After half a mile, which was run in 452/5 seconds, Skip Away had the lead with Coronado's Quest second, Free House third and Gentlemen fourth.
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Look at those early fractions while on the lead...Still pulled away from field in stretch...Skip Away was a GREAT Horse during his Prime...
Skippy was far the best older horse I have ever seen (90's on..). What a wonderful horse he was to watch run.
Skip Away was exciting to watch. His running form made him look more powerful than most of his competitors, like a sportscar in a field of minivans.
Prime vs Prime i would give Skip Away the edge over Cigar...Both were Great Horses but Skip Away had the better tactical Speed and His ability was right there with Cigar...Skip Away was a MONSTER during a good stretch of his career...Bounding home in the stretch with suck power in his Prime...He was a legit Champion...His Rival Formal Gold had his career cut Short before the Classic and He was a Horse that disappointed me most because He was turning into a SUPERSTAR in my opinion...What could have been...
Holy bull, Cigar, Skip Away... what a trio!
1:09 flat for the six furlongs and just cruises on home. What a horse!
Super glad to see this one back up. :-)
Imagine a legit horse like Skip Away running today?...Would be absolutely crushing fields...Very iunderrated horse even though he is respected
Skip Away was a Powerful Stretch Performer...When is was "On" Which was a lot he was impossible to run down...He had Great staying Power
Can carry top speed..for along time and still have enough in the end....super
What a Bullet...
My horse is a full brother to The Great Skip Away!!!🏆♥️🌹🐎
Cigar got all the glory, but Skippy was 99% as good. Skippy is the most underrated horse ever. People think Justify was better...he was not even in Skip Away’s zip code.
Skip Away got better with Age...Justify was a Very good junior Division Horse...As far as at their Best "obviously" Skp Away was simply "Superior" to Justify but both Horses are hard to compare
I had only wished Formal Gold could've run against Skip Away as a Five year old. Formal Gold was constantly running Beyer Speed Figures in the mid 120's. No telling what he could've done as a five year old. He beat Skip Away 4 of 6 times that year. During the. Summer and Fall of 97 he was beating Skip Away easily
052497 Formal Gold was a BEAST, I can’t say enough good things about him. He owned Skip Away, but only won 8 of 16 races, while Skip Away won 18 of 38, including ten G1’s. Skippy has to be ranked well ahead of Formal Gold based on their whole careers. FG is still alive at 26, btw. I would like to visit him if he ever comes back from Canada.
@@razorback9926 Formal Gold was going to be the Classic favorite if he did not get injured...His last few starts were simply amazing...HUGE Beyers also...VERY disappointed he never got to run again
@@052497 Would have been extremely exciting to see what Formal Gold would have done in the Classic that Year...Seemed as if he turned into a complete Monster before the injury
One of the all time great iron horse skip away him carry the weight and allow lots of weight to some good horse and still beat them run some fast time
Track announcer: Tom Durkin
Skip Away
(April 4, 1993 - May 14, 2010)
* Sire: Skip Trail
* Grandsire: Bailjumper
* Dam: Ingot Way
* Damsire: Diplomat Way
* Sex: Stallion
* Breeder: Anna Maria Barnhart
* Owner: Carolyn Hine (R.I.P.)
* Trainer: Hubert "Sonny" Hine (R.I.P.)
* Jockeys: Shane Sellers
Jerry Bailey
Jose Santos
Mike Smith
* 38 Starts
* 18 Wins
* 10 Seconds
* 8 Thirds
* $ 9,616,360 earned (Current $ 15,528,900)
* 1996 United States Champion 3 Year-Old Colt
* 1997 & 1998 United States Champion Older Male Horse
* 1998 United States Horse of the Year
* Inducted to The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2004
* Number 32 in The Bloodhorse Magazine "Top United States 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century List"
* Skip Away Handicap at Gulstream Park (Since 2001)
* Skip Away at Monmouth Park
* Rest In Peace, Champion! We´ll never forget you!
* Greetings from Venezuela
Skip Away
(4 de Abril, 1993 - 14 de Mayo, 2010)
* Padre: Skip Trail
* Abuelo paterno: Bailjumper
* Madre: Ingot Way
* Abuelo materno: Diplomat Way
* Sexo: Semental
* Breeder: Anna Maria Barnhart
* Owner: Carolyn Hine (Q.E.P.D.)
* Trainer: Hubert "Sonny" Hine (Q.E.P.D.)
* Jinetes: Shane Sellers
Jerry Bailey
José Santos
Mike Smith
* 38 Salidas
* 18 Primeros
* 10 Segundos
* 8 Terceros
* $ 9,616,360 producidos ($ 15,528,900 actuales)
* Potro Campeón Tresañero en Estados Unidos 1996
* Caballo Campeón Maduro en Estados Unidos 1997 & 1998
* Caballo del Año en Estados Unidos 1998
* Exaltado al Museo Nacional de las Carreras y Salón de la Fama en 2004
* Número 32 en en la "Lista de los 100 Mejores Caballos de Carrera del Siglo XX en Estados Unidos" por la revista The Bloodhorse
* Skip Away Handicap en el Hipódromo Gulstream Park (Desde 2001)
* Skip Away en el Hipódromo Monmouth Park
* ¡Descansa En Paz, Campeón! ¡Nunca te olvidaremos!
* Saludos desde Venezuela
Posting from 2024....and there hasn't been anything close to a 1998 Skip Away. The good old days when a champion was determined at the age of 5. When a thoroughbred hits their prime. And has been carrying the excess weight for several races. "Good horses win. Better horses win money. The great win grade 1's multiple times. Champions win multiple grade 1's with weight. The legends set records with big weight on their backs" Ben Jones. The Ability to carry weight, and win is a special quality. Horses like Citation and Secretariat never won with weight. And nobody has since the mighty Skip Away. Oh...and the field of this race. Not sure about Running Stag, but all the rest, are in the HOF. Free House beat Gentlemen and Touch Gold by a stunning 6 lengths in the vaunted Pacific Classic a month before. Yet even with Skip giving him 7 lbs, was no match.. late 90"s had great racing...but it's been a rapid slide into ....a dam good question?? Not good.
You forget about Formal Gold who was better than all of these. He was getting so good in 1997 it was a shame he got injured before the Breeders Cup in 1997.
Lol no! Formal never won at the classic distance. That’s why he has no awards as will never be in a hall of fame like Skip away 👍
Splits would have cooked most horses but not Skippy.
coronados quest was so much better than this -__-