Skelly

Skelly earned his maiden win in his second lifetime start as a 3-year-old in a six-furlong race at Churchill Downs on Oct. 2, 2022. He finished his 3-year-old season with a record of 1 win and 2 seconds in four outings.

Skelly opened his 4-year-old season at Oaklawn Park with a second-place finish on Jan. 20, and then reeled off back-to-back allowance wins on Feb. 25 and March 17 - the latter coming by 4 3/4 lengths in a time of 1:09.2 for six furlongs.

Skelly tried stakes competition for the first time in his following start, which came in the Grade 3 $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park on April 15, and he was immediately successful. Skelly was sent off as the 6-1 odds third choice on the tote board in a 10-horse field and immediately sped to the lead in a :21.2 first quarter mile and could not be caught, going wire-to-wire to win by 2 1/4 lengths in a time of 1:09.1 for the six furlongs.

Skelly is trained by Steve Asmussen. He was bred in Kentucky by the sire Practical Joke out of the mare Adande by Bwana Charlie.