Two-year-old world champion and Dan Patch Award winner, Huntsville is prepping for his three-year-old campaign at Goshen Historic Track in Goshen, New York.
The colt may be Pennsylvania-bred but he has New York connections all the way. He was bred by co-owners Ray Schnittker of Middletown, N.Y. & Charles Iannazzo of Tappan, N.Y., with fellow New Yorkers Ted Gewertz (New York) and Steve Arnold (Purchase) co-owning. He raised at Steve Jones' Cameo Hills Farm in Montgomery, N.Y.
Huntsville's career began at the Meadowlands on June 4, 2016. He debuted with a winning effort in 1:54.2, last quarter in :26.3. He marched through his two-year-old season by winning three Pennsylvania Sire Stake events, including the final in 1:51.1. He headed to Lexington and won the Bluegrass in 1:53 and the following week at the Red Mile, he tied the World Record for two-year-old pacing colts, winning the International Stallion Stake in 1:49
After that it was back to the Meadowlands, where he won the elimination and Final of the Breeders Crown, winning the final in 1:49.1, a new track record for two-year-old pacing colts. On the season, he had seven wins and four seconds in 11 starts with earnings of $720,234 and was voted the two-year-old pacing colt of the year by USHWA.
According to trainer and co-owner Ray Schnittker, the colt's connections are aiming for the 2017 North America Cup at Mohawk Racetrack in early June.
"But prior to that Huntsville will probably make his first seasonal start in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes on May 21," Schnittker said. "Of course we'll tune him up in qualifiers at the Meadowlands before he begins his three-year-old season."
Huntsville is by Somebeachsomewhere from Wild West Show by Western Hanover.
(with files from Goshen Historic Track)