Farewell to Skip Away

There is nothing I can say about Skip Away and his owner Carolyn Hine and trainer Sonny Hine that has not been said in the following blog, first published on Dec. 22, 2008. So, I am reprinting it as a tribute to one of the toughest, most durable horses I have had the privilege to see run and the two people whose lives he encompassed.

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