Meadow Skipper

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	C.S. Hayes (USA)
Earnings	$428,057
Major wins
Cane Pace (1963)

Meadow Skipper (May 8 1960 – 1982) was a Standardbred racehorse and sire. He earned $428,057 as a racehorse.^[1]

Background

Meadow Skipper was a brown horse foaled in 1960 by Dale Frost out of Countess Vivian by Kings Council.^[2]

Career

Meadow Skipper was a world or season champion during each year that he raced.^[3] He won the 1963 Cane Pace, and placed second in The Little Brown Jug.^[1]

Stud record

When he retired to the breeding farm, Meadow Skipper sired more than 1,700 progeny.^[1] As a stud, his progeny earned $66 million. He sired 456 two minute pacers, including Triple Crown winners Ralph Hanover and Most Happy Fella;^[1]^[3] plus Albatross, sire of Niatross,^[4] Chairmanoftheboard, and Naughty But Nice.

The winnings of the 2,546 progeny of Albatross, Meadow Skipper's son, earned $130,700,280.^[5] 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.^[4]

Retirement

Meadow Skipper retired to Stoner Creek Farm in Kentucky, and died there in 1982.^[1]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Meadow Skipper (USA), Standardbred brown, 1960^[1]
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
		Abbedale (1917) p,2:01¼m	Daisydale D. (1908)
		Margaret Hal (1914) p,2,2:19¼	Argot Hal (1903) 2:07½m p,11,T2:04¾m
		Margaret Hal (1914) p,2,2:19¼	Margaret Polk (1906)
	Galloway (1939) p,2:04.4h; $5,294	Raider (1929) p,1:59½m	Peter Volo (1911) 4,2:02m; $44,536
		Raider (1929) p,1:59½m	Nelda Dillon (1920)
		Bethel (1926)	David Guy (1915) 3,2:05¼m
		Bethel (1926)	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
		Volomite (1926) 3,2:03¼m; $32,649	Cita Frisco (1921)
		Margaret Spangler (1918) p,2:02¼	Guy Axworthy (1902) 4,T2:08¾m
		Margaret Spangler (1918) p,2:02¼	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
		Billy Direct (1934) p,4,T1:55m; $12,040	Gay Forbes (1916) p,5,2:18¾
		Calumet Edna (1931) p,2:19¾h	Peter the Brewer (1918) 4,2:02½
		Calumet Edna (1931) p,2:19¾h	Broncho Queen (1916) p,2:09¼h

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "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.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Hoffman, D.A. (2012). "Harness racing in New York State: A history of trotters, tracks and horsemen". The History Press (Charleston, South Carolina). Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ 4.0 4.1 "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.