Wednesday 14 March 2012

Upstart Skimble Will Make Some Noise at Arlington

Here's everything I know. You Broken Down Horseplayers shouldknow it, too. I hate to write that I haven't heard of the filly Skimble, but shefigures as the favorite in tomorrow's $150,000-added ArlingtonBudweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap. Seven fillies and mares have beenentered in the 1-1/16 mile turf feature.

Skimble, a Kentucky homebred owned by Khalid Abdullah'sJuddmonte Farm, failed against top fillies in England last year soshe was sent to Bobby Frankel. Frankel has so many horses owned bythe Arabs he's a cinch to have oil in his motor for the rest of hislife.

Since coming to the states, Skimble has won two minor stakes atLouisiana Downs and May Meadows. …

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