NEWS
Hotskipandajump first winner for Skip to the Stone
Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:20 PM
Hotskipandajump led at every point of call and scored by 2½ lengths on Thursday in a maiden claiming race at Calder Race Course to become the first career winner for Florida-based freshman sire Skip to the Stone.
Trained by Harold Schultz for owner Michael MacKenzie, the dark bay or brown filly covered 5½ furlongs in 1:07.71 on a fast track. Hotskipandajump, who was bred in Florida by Janna Abbott, is the first starter out of the placed Trick Me mare Hot Queen.
Skip to the Stone, a nine-year-old by Skip Trial out of the winning Jolie’s Halo mare Winner’s Ticket, will stand in 2008 for $2,500 at Lou-Roe Farm in Morriston, Florida. He has 26 two-year-olds in his first crop.
Skip to the Stone won four of 18 career starts, including victories in the 2003 Bay Shore Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct and Baldwin Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park, while earning $270,829 in four seasons.
