| Meadow Skipper | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Dale Frost |
| Grandsire | Hal Dale |
| Dam | Countess Vivian |
| Damsire | Kings Council |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | May 8, 1960 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Christy S. Hayes (Columbus,Ohio) |
| Owner | Norman S. Woolworth |
| Trainer | Earle 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.
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.
Career
Trained and driven by Earle Avery, Meadow Skipper was a world or season champion during each year that he raced. He won the 1963 Cane Pace, and placed second in the Little Brown Jug.
Stud record
When he retired to the breeding farm, Meadow Skipper sired more than 1,700 progeny. As a stud, his progeny earned $66 million. He sired 456 two-minute pacers, including Triple Crown winners Ralph Hanover and Most Happy Fella; plus Albatross, sire of Niatross, Chairmanoftheboard, and Naughty But Nice.
The winnings of the 2,546 progeny of Albatross, Meadow Skipper's son, earned $130,700,280. 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.
Retirement
Meadow Skipper retired to Stoner Creek Farm in Kentucky, and died there in 1982. In 1983, Meadow Skipper was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame.
Pedigree
| 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 Countess Vivian (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 |
Billy Direct (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
- ^ "Meadow Skipper, C, Standardbred, 1960". Select Web Ventures, LLC. 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- "Meadow Skipper". Harness Racing Australia, Inc. 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Hoffman, D.A. (2012). "Harness racing in New York State: A history of trotters, tracks and horsemen". The History Press (Charleston, South Carolina).
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Niatross - the best pacer of all-time? All in the family". 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- "Plus: Horse racing - harness racing: Albatross dies". The New York Times (New York, New York). 6 August 1998. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- Meadow Skipper bio at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame Retrieved December 19, 2016