Skip Away’s Last Race Set for Breeders’ Cup
NEW YORK — Skip Away is the latest of racing’s top thoroughbreds who is scheduled to be retired to stud after the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 7 at Churchill Downs.
Skip Away, a 5-year-old who can still become horse racing’s all-time earnings leader, will run his last race in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, trainer Sonny Hine said.
He will be shipped to Hopewell Farm in Kentucky to begin a career at stud in 1999 as the property of a syndicate.
The announcement came a day after it was announced that Coronado’s Quest will head for stud after the Breeders’ Cup.
Skip Away has won 17 of 35 starts. His earnings of $9,206,360 are second to Cigar ( $9,999,815).
Skip Away is scheduled to make his next starts in the Woodward Stakes on September 19 and Jockey Club Gold Cup on October 10.
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