Just Call It the Bizarre Cup for Skip Away
One day Skip Away’s barn is showered with engine debris from an airplane in distress. The next day Skip Away drops his exercise rider and runs off. What next before Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs, a horse-napping by Martians?
Skip Away’s latest potential catastrophe occurred during a morning gallop Thursday. Trainer Sonny Hine’s horse unseated Clemente Sanchez, continued for about 10 yards, then stopped to look around, practically inviting another horseman to apprehend him.
Skip Away was not injured. “He’s so full of himself,” Hine said. “He wants to run. When he gallops [Friday], he’ll have a pony with him.”
Skip Away and Silver Charm are the favorites in the Classic, which should settle horse-of-the-year honors.
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