Heart Attack claims life of Skip Away
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05/14/2010 -
Midway, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Horse of the Year Skip Away died from an
apparent heart attack Friday morning in Kentucky. The 17-year-old stallion
was living at Hopewell Farm.
Skip Away was a four-time Eclipse Award winner having been voted champion
three-year-old male in 1996, champion older horse in 1997-98 and Horse of the
Year in 1998. At the time of his retirement, he was the second all-time
leading North America earner with $9,616,360, behind only Cigar.
Owned by Carolyn Hine, Skip Away was trained by her husband Sonny Hine and won
18 of 38 lifetime starts. The champion was inducted into the Racing Hall of
Fame in 2004.
During his illustrious career Skip Away won the 1997 Breeders' Cup Classic
and the Jockey Club Gold Cup in 1996-97. Beginning with the 1997 Gold Cup he
won nine straight graded stakes.
The two jockeys that rode him most often were Hall of Fame member Jerry Baily
and Shane Sellers. He was also ridden several times by Hall of Fame jockey
Jose Santos.
Skip Away's death comes just one day before the running the Preakness Stakes a
race in which he finished second in 1996 to Louis Quatorze.
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