Run and Skip

{{Short description|National Hunt racehorse}}Run and Skip was a National Hunt chaser who won the Welsh National in 1985 and was often ridden by Peter Scudamore.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-03 |title=Peter Scudamore: unquenchable thirst for winners rewrote the jockeys' manual |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/features/peter-scudamore-modest-self-deprecating-titan-who-rewrote-the-jockeys-manual-aps237i2KCjQ/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=www.racingpost.com |language=en}} He was a regular in the Gold Cup and rated as high as 170 in the mid 1980s. He placed in many top chases including Whitbread, Cheltenham Gold Cup{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 26, 2016 |title=Six of the most incredible and iconic Irish horses |url=https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/six-incredible-iconic-irish-horses-87295 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=The Irish Post}} and Welsh Grand National.{{Cite web |title=1990-1992 |url=https://www.grandnationalanorak2.com/1990-1992 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Grandnationalanorak2 |language=en}} Fathered by Deep Run out of Skipperetta, he was trained by John Spearing.{{Cite web |last=Mottershead |first=Lee |date=2023-03-25 |title=John Spearing reveals retirement from training ranks after more than 50 years of winners |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/john-spearing-reveals-retirement-from-training-ranks-after-over-half-a-century-of-winners-a8b9o9M1WxAD/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=www.racingpost.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=David |date=2023-03-31 |title='I had the greatest respect for him' - tributes pour in following the death of trainer John Spearing |url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/welsh-grand-national-winning-trainer-john-spearing-dies-at-82-a4nGE3i0Iedc/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=www.racingpost.com |language=en}}

Jockey Peter Scudamore described the horse, "I had the privilege of riding Run And Skip, who wasn't easy to train...Run And Skip proved that given the right ammunition he could do the job."