'He Can Do It All!' - Evergreen Skippylongstocking Dominates Essex at Oaklawn

Skippylongstocking skips clear in Essex Handicap at Oaklawn

Millionaire Grade 1 winner Skippylongstocking, as expected, made short work of his overmatched rivals Saturday at Oaklawn, setting himself up for a return to the $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) at 1 1/8 miles on April 18. Moving easily to the lead on the second turn, even-money favorite Skippylongstocking cruised to a 5 1/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $500,000 Essex Handicap for older horses at 1 1/8 miles. "He broke sharp. I didn't take …

'He Can Do It All!' - Evergreen Skippylongstocking Dominates Essex at Oaklawn

After a career of always showing up for a piece of the pie, it's finally Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) who's the talk of the town, and the statesman strolled home to the roar of an appreciative Oaklawn crowd to confidently win the GIII Essex Handicap. The seven-year-old entire has been exclusively in graded stakes company since early April 2022, when he ran third in the GII Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. He never left the ranks after that, and pl…