Meadow Skipper
{{Short description|American Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
|horsename= Meadow Skipper
|image=
|caption=
|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
|record=
|earnings= $428,057
|wins= Cane Pace (1963)
American Pacing Classic (1964)
|awards=
|honours= United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1983)
|updated= }}
Meadow Skipper (May 8, 1960 – 1982) was a Standardbred racehorse and sire. He earned $428,057 as a racehorse.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/meadow+skipper|title=Meadow Skipper, C, Standardbred, 1960|date=2014|accessdate=19 July 2014|publisher=Select Web Ventures, LLC}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.harness.org.au/ausbreed/reports/performance.cfm?horse_id=31592|title=Meadow Skipper|publisher=Harness Racing Australia, Inc.|date=2014|accessdate=19 July 2014}}
Career
Trained and driven by Earle Avery, Meadow Skipper was a world or season champion during each year that he raced.{{cite web|title=Harness racing in New York State: A history of trotters, tracks and horsemen|author=Hoffman, D.A.|date=2012|publisher=The History Press (Charleston, South Carolina)}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.niatross.com/family-business/|title=Niatross - the best pacer of all-time? All in the family|date=2014|accessdate=19 July 2014}} Chairmanoftheboard, and Naughty But Nice.
The winnings of the 2,546 progeny of Albatross, Meadow Skipper's son, earned $130,700,280.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/06/sports/plus-horse-racing-harness-racing-albatross-dies.html|title=Plus: Horse racing - harness racing: Albatross dies|publisher=The New York Times (New York, New York)|accessdate=19 July 2014|date=6 August 1998}} 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.[https://www.harnessmuseum.com/content/meadow-skipper Meadow Skipper bio at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame] Retrieved December 19, 2016
Sire line tree
{{tree list}}
- Meadow Skipper[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/meadow-skipper Harness Racing Museum: Meadow Skipper]
- Most Happy Fella[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/most-happy-fella Harness Racing Museum: Most Happy Fella]
- Oil Burner
- No Nukes[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/no-nukes Harness Racing Museum: No Nukes]
- Western Hanover[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/western-hanover Harness Racing Museum: Western Hanover]
- Tyler B
- Magical Mike
- Gallo Blue Chip
- Cam Fella[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/cam-fella Harness Racing Museum: Cam Fella]
- Precious Bunny[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/precious-bunny Harness Racing Museum: Precious Bunny]
- Cam's Card Shark[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/cams-card-shark Harness Racing Museum: Cam's Card Shark]
- Bettor's Delight
- Albatross[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/albatross Harness Racing Museum: Albatross]
- Niatross[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/niatross Harness Racing Museum: Niatross]
- Nihilator[https://harnessmuseum.com/content/nihilator Harness Racing Museum: Nihilator]
- Ralph Hanover
{{tree list/end}}
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Meadow Skipper (USA), Standardbred brown, 1960
|f = Dale Frost (1951)
p,1:58m; $204,117
|m = Countess Vivian (1950)
p,3,1:59m; $43,262
|ff = Hal Dale (1926)
p,6,2:02¼m; $595
|fm = Galloway (1939)
p,2:04.4h; $5,294
|mf = Kings Council (1940)
p,6,1:58m; $44,930
|mm = Filly Direct (1941)
p,3,2:06¾h; $6,299
|fff = Abbedale (1917)
p,2:01¼m
|ffm = Margaret Hal (1914)
p,2,2:19¼
|fmf = Raider (1929)
p,1:59½m
|fmm = Bethel (1926)
|mff = Volomite (1926)
3,2:03¼m; $32,649
|mfm = Margaret Spangler (1918)
p,2:02¼
|mmf = Billy Direct (1934)
p,4,T1:55m; $12,040
|mmm = Calumet Edna (1931)
p,2:19¾h
|ffff = The Abbe (1903)
p,2:04
|fffm = Daisydale D. (1908)
|ffmf = Argot Hal (1903)
2:07½m p,11,T2:04¾m
|ffmm = Margaret Polk (1906)
|fmff = Peter Volo (1911)
4,2:02m; $44,536
|fmfm = Nelda Dillon (1920)
|fmmf = David Guy (1915)
3,2:05¼m
|fmmm = Annotation (1914)
p,2,2:18¼h
|mfff = Peter Volo (1911)
4,2:02m; $44,536
|mffm = Cita Frisco (1921)
|mfmf = Guy Axworthy (1902)
4,T2:08¾m
|mfmm = Maggie Winder (1906)
p,3,2:06¼m
|mmff = Napoleon Direct (1909)
p,1:59¾m
|mmfm = Gay Forbes (1916)
p,5,2:18¾
|mmmf = Peter the Brewer (1918)
4,2:02½
|mmmm = Broncho Queen (1916)
p,2:09¼h
}}