Skip Away winning the Massachsetts Handicap.

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Skip Away at the Breeders' Cup Championships.

Photo: ANNE M. EBERHARDT

Getting ready for the BC Classic in 1997.

Photo: Skip Dickstein

Skip Away on his way to winning the Breeders' Cup Classic.

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Photo: Jim Booth

Photo: JIM BOOTH

Skip Away gallops to victory.

Photo: Skip Dickstein

Winner of the 1997 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Photo: Skip Dickstein

Photo: Skip Dickstein

Skip Away winning the Iselin Handicap in 1998.

Photo: Equi-Photo

Skip Away, 1993-2010.

Photo: ANNE M. EBERHARDT

Skip Away, winner of the 1997 Breeder's Cup Classic and voted Horse of the Year in 1998, enjoyed the snowy weather in his paddock at Hopewell Farm in Versailles on December 16, 2008.

Photo: Crawford Ifland

Skip Away, winner of the 1997 Breeder's Cup Classic and voted Horse of the Year in 1998, rested his head and enjoyed the snowy weather in his paddock at Hopewell Farm in Versailles on December 16, 2008.

Photo: Crawford Ifland