Skipat Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Listed
| horse race = Skipat Stakes
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| location = Pimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
| inaugurated = 1993
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = [http://www.pimlico.com/ www.pimlico.com]
| distance = 6 furlongs
| surface = Dirt
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds & up; fillies & mares
| weight = Assigned
| purse = $75,000
| bonuses =
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The Skipat Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Contested over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt, it is open to fillies and mares three-years-old and up.
The race is during the latter part of April/early May and was named in honor of Skipat, a rangy, 17.1-hand chestnut daughter of Jungle Cove. She won 27 races from 45 starts over six years, earning $614,215 in her career. In 1979 and 1981, she won the grade two Barbara Fritchie Handicap. Her second victory in the Fritchie came after she had been retired, bred and foaled. In August 1989, she was struck by lightning and killed in her stall. Her foal (Skilaunch) was standing next to her, survived, and went on to produce five stakes winners from five foals.2007 Maryland Jockey Club Media Guide, page 270 on March 3, 2007.
The Skipat Stakes is the lead off leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Fillies and Mare Sprint Dirt Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
Records
Speed record:
- 6 furlongs - 1:09.80 - Weather Vane (1998) & Big Bambu (2001)
- 6.5 furlongs - 1:16.40 - Cherokee Wonder (1996) & Smart 'n Noble (1995)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Mario Pino (1995, 1998 & 2001)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Richard W. Delp (1995 & 1998)
- 2 - Michael E. Gorham (2000 & 2006)
- 2 - Timothy F. Ritchey (2002 & 2008)
Winners of the Skipat Stakes
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| style="width:30px" | Year ! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:20px" | Age ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:120px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" | Dist. ! style="width:25px" | Time ! style="width:25px" | Purse |
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| align="center" |2025
|Zeitlos | align="center" |5 |Stonestreet Stables & Peter Leidel | align="center" |6 fur. | align="center" |1:11.20 | align="center" |$100,000 |
| align="center" |2024
|Apple Picker | align="center" |4 |Sheldon Russell |Brittany T. Russell |Michael Dubb | align="center" |6 fur. | align="center" |1:12.34 | align="center" |$100,000 |
| align="center" |2023
|Cheetara (CHI) | align="center" |6 |Vincent Cheminaud |Ignacio Correas IV |Stud Los Leones | align="center" |6 fur. | align="center" |1:09.95 | align="center" |$100,000 |
| align=center|2022
|Joy's Rocket | align=center|4 |Team Hanley & Parkland Thoroughbreds | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:09.76 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2021
| Chub Wagon | align=center|4 | Guadalupe Preciado | Daniel J. Lopez | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:09.71 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2020
| Never Enough Time | align=center|4 | Julian Pimentel | Larry Johnson | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:10.42 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2019
| Chalon | align=center|5 | Arnaud Delacour | Lael Stables | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:09.46 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2018
| Vertical Oak | align=center|5 | J. Kirk Robison | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:10.35 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2017
| Clipthecouponannie | align=center|4 | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:10.93 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2016
| Disco Chick | align=center|5 | Freedom Acres | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:10.33 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2015
| Galiana | align=center|5 | Triple R Stable | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|0:00.00 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2014
| Lion D N A | align=center|5 | Bethlehem Stables | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:11.09 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2013
| Dance to Bristol | align=center|4 | Copperville Farm | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:11.86 | align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2012
| Bold Affair | align=center|4 | Mike Zanella & Charles Reed | align=center|6 fur. | align=center|1:11.71 | align=center|$100,000 |
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|align=center|2011 |align=center colspan=8| Race not held |
| align=center|2010
|Lights Off Annie |align=center|5 |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:10.33 |align=center|$70,000 |
| align=center|2009
|All Giving |align=center|5 |Concepts Unlimited Stables |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:10.70 |align=center|$56,560 |
| align=center|2008
|Akronism |align=center|4 |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:09.76 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|2007
|align=center|6 |Stephen E. Quick |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:10.80 |align=center|$100,000 |
| align=center|2006
|Trickle of Gold |align=center|4 |John D. Murphy |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:11.20 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|2005
|Spring Rush |align=center|5 |Michael J. Gill |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:10.20 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|2004
|Love You Madly |align=center|4 |Dixiana Farms |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:11.40 |align=center|$50,000 |
| align=center|2003
|Bronze Abe |align=center|4 |Samuel Bayard |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:10.80 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|2002
|Madame Roar |align=center|4 |Hidden Point Farm, Inc. |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:11.20 |align=center|$50,000 |
| align=center|2001
|Big Bambu |align=center|4 |Edward E. Marshal & John Schoonover |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:09.80 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|2000
|Lily's Affair |align=center|4 |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:11.00 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|1999
|Crab Grass |align=center|5 |William M. Backer |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:12.20 |align=center|$75,000 |
| align=center|1998
|Weather Vane |align=center|4 |Par Four Racing Stable |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:09.80 |align=center|$80,000 |
| align=center|1997
|Conradley |align=center|5 |Mea Culpa Stables |align=center|6 fur. |align=center|1:10.20 |align=center|$80,000 |
| align=center|1996
|Cherokee Wonder |align=center|5 |ZWP Stables |align=center|6.5 fur. |align=center|1:16.40 |align=center|$55,000 |
| align=center|1995
|Smart 'n Noble |align=center|4 |Robert L. Scruggs Jr. |align=center|6.5 fur. |align=center|1:16.40 |align=center|$200,000 |
| align=center|1994
|Wild Lady A. |align=center|4 |Katherine Koontz |align=center|6.5 fur. |align=center|1:18.60 |align=center|$35,000 |
| align=center|1993
| Tripp Trial |align=center|4 |Chris Huber & Ron Slyder |align=center|7 fur. |align=center|1:26.00 |align=center|$35,000 |