Skipshot added to Santa Anita Derby

3/21/2010 10:49 PM  | brisnet.com
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The prospective Santa Anita Derby (G1) field grew by one Sunday with the announcement that dual allowance winner SKIPSHOT (Skip Away) would invade from the Bay Area to run in the $750,000 race going 1 1/8 miles on April 3.


"The horse is here and will breeze tomorrow morning," trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said of the chestnut colt, who will be making his stakes bow in the Santa Anita Derby. "He's won three in a row (at Golden Gate Fields) and he ran very well in his first route race (winning by a nose at one mile on March 14), so we think he deserves a chance in the Santa Anita Derby."

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