title: Meadow Skipper
text: # Meadow Skipper
  
  Meadow Skipper (May 8, 1960 – 1982) was a Standardbred racehorse and sire. He earned $428,057 as a racehorse.
  
  ## Background
  
  Meadow Skipper was a brown horse foaled in 1960 by Dale Frost out of the U. S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame mare Countess Vivian by Kings Council.
  
  ## Career
  
  Trained and driven by Earle Avery, Meadow Skipper was a world or season champion during each year that he raced. He won the 1963 Cane Pace, and placed second in the Little Brown Jug.
  
  ## Stud record
  
  When he retired to the breeding farm, Meadow Skipper sired more than 1,700 progeny. As a stud, his progeny earned $66 million. He sired 456 two-minute pacers, including Triple Crown winners Ralph Hanover and Most Happy Fella; plus Albatross, sire of Niatross, Chairmanoftheboard, and Naughty But Nice.
  
  The winnings of the 2,546 progeny of Albatross, Meadow Skipper's son, earned $130,700,280. Niatross is believed by many to be the greatest harness horse of all time. He was Harness Horse of the Year as a two- and three-year-old in 1979 and 1980, won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers, and obliterated the world record by three full seconds with a mile time of 1:49.1.
  
  ## Retirement
  
  Meadow Skipper retired to Stoner Creek Farm in Kentucky, and died there in 1982. In 1983, Meadow Skipper was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame.
  
  ## Pedigree
  
  Pedigree of Meadow Skipper (USA), Standardbred brown, 1960 :
  
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Hal Dale (1926) p,6,2:02¼m; $595 | Abbedale (1917) p,2:01¼m | The Abbe (1903) p,2:04 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Hal Dale (1926) p,6,2:02¼m; $595 | Abbedale (1917) p,2:01¼m | Daisydale D. (1908) |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Hal Dale (1926) p,6,2:02¼m; $595 | Margaret Hal (1914) p,2,2:19¼ | Argot Hal (1903) 2:07½m p,11,T2:04¾m |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Hal Dale (1926) p,6,2:02¼m; $595 | Margaret Hal (1914) p,2,2:19¼ | Margaret Polk (1906) |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Galloway (1939) p,2:04.4h; $5,294 | Raider (1929) p,1:59½m | Peter Volo (1911) 4,2:02m; $44,536 |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Galloway (1939) p,2:04.4h; $5,294 | Raider (1929) p,1:59½m | Nelda Dillon (1920) |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Galloway (1939) p,2:04.4h; $5,294 | Bethel (1926) | David Guy (1915) 3,2:05¼m |
  | Sire Dale Frost (1951) p,1:58m; $204,117 | Galloway (1939) p,2:04.4h; $5,294 | Bethel (1926) | Annotation (1914) p,2,2:18¼h |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Kings Council (1940) p,6,1:58m; $44,930 | Volomite (1926) 3,2:03¼m; $32,649 | Peter Volo (1911) 4,2:02m; $44,536 |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Kings Council (1940) p,6,1:58m; $44,930 | Volomite (1926) 3,2:03¼m; $32,649 | Cita Frisco (1921) |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Kings Council (1940) p,6,1:58m; $44,930 | Margaret Spangler (1918) p,2:02¼ | Guy Axworthy (1902) 4,T2:08¾m |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Kings Council (1940) p,6,1:58m; $44,930 | Margaret Spangler (1918) p,2:02¼ | Maggie Winder (1906) p,3,2:06¼m |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Filly Direct (1941) p,3,2:06¾h; $6,299 | Billy Direct (1934) p,4,T1:55m; $12,040 | Napoleon Direct (1909) p,1:59¾m |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Filly Direct (1941) p,3,2:06¾h; $6,299 | Billy Direct (1934) p,4,T1:55m; $12,040 | Gay Forbes (1916) p,5,2:18¾ |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Filly Direct (1941) p,3,2:06¾h; $6,299 | Calumet Edna (1931) p,2:19¾h | Peter the Brewer (1918) 4,2:02½ |
  | Dam Countess Vivian (1950) p,3,1:59m; $43,262 | Filly Direct (1941) p,3,2:06¾h; $6,299 | Calumet Edna (1931) p,2:19¾h | Broncho Queen (1916) p,2:09¼h |
  