'Chance' First Black-Type Winner for Skipshot
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Chance of Luck
J J Brevan Stable's Chance of Luck dug in late to win the $100,000 Inaugural Stakes Dec. 3 at Tampa Bay Downs and become the first black-type stakes winner for sire Skipshot .
Skipshot, a son of Skip Away who won the 2010 Swaps Stakes (gr. II) at Hollywood Park, stood for a 2016 fee of $7,500 at Considine Farm in Kentucky. His 2017 fee remains the same.
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In the six-furlong Inaugural Saturday, Chance of Luck raced four wide in the backstretch, close to the lead, and moved by the frontrunners three-wide in the turn under jockey Erick Rodriguez.
The 2-year-old gray or roan colt trained by Gerald Bennett kicked away from the field and held a 2 1/2-length lead with a furlong to run, but got a late challenge from Dont Come Knockin on the outside. Chance of Luck dug in under pressure and prevailed by a head. He finished the six furlongs in 1:10.84.
Bred in Kentucky by Mikhail Yanakov, out of the Alphabet Soup mare Winning Chance, Chance of Luck is now undefeated in two starts. He debuted with a 5 1/2-length score in a seven-furlong maiden claiming race at Laurel Park in October at 21-1 odds.
J J Brevan Stable purchased the colt for $6,500 out of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-year-olds and horses of racing age sale in 2016.