The Skip Away Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in

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. A Listed event open to horses age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of miles (9 furlongs). The race is a Listed event with a current purse of $100,000. Inaugurated as the Broward Handicap, in 2001 Gulfstream Park changed the name to the Skip Away Handicap to honor 1998

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Skip Away Skip Away (April 4, 1993 – May 14, 2010), was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1998 Horse of the Year, 1996 Champion Three-Year-Old, and 1997 and 1998 Champion Handicap Horse. He won 10 Grade One races for $9,616,360 in ...

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-bred Horse Chestnut, 1999 Horse of the Year in his native country, made his American debut in this race, winning going away by five and one-half lengths. Other past winners of note include U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Swaps who won in 1956 and set a new world record for 1 mile, 70 yards with time of 1:39 3/5. Since its inception, the race has been run at various distances: * miles : 1987, 1990, 1993–2004 * miles : 1991-1992, 2005–2008, 2016-2017 * miles : 2009-2015, 2019

Records

Speed record: * 1:48.10 - Chief Honcho (at current distance of miles) (1991) * 1:53.92 - Fort Larned (at former distance of miles) (2012) (This is also the track record, eclipsing the former track record set by Eddington in 2005 of 1:54.74.) Most wins: * 3 -

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(1998, 1999, 2002)

Winners since 1987

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References

The 2009 Skip Away Handicap at the NTRA
Graded stakes races in the United States Flat horse races for four-year-olds Open middle distance horse races Horse races in Florida Gulfstream Park Recurring sporting events established in 1987 1987 establishments in Florida Grade 3 stakes races in the United States