Schnittker Scores Landmark Stakes Double
Historic Track hosted seven Landmark Stakes on Monday (July 4), with locally based trainer Ray Schnittker winning two of the Grand Circuit events.
Schnittker won the $8,350 Landmark for two-year-old male trotters with Civil Union and the $7,575 Landmark for three-year-old female pacers with Caviart Carmel.
Civil Union, a son of Muscle Hill-Girl With A Past from the family of millionaire Dejarmbo, won in 2:03.2 with Schnittker in the sulky. Caviart Carmel, a homebred daughter of Always B Miki-Caviart Cameron, won in 1:57.2, also with Schnittker handling the driving. She was a Virginia Breeders champion last season.
Other three-year-old winners Monday were K J Phillip (Andover Hall-Susi’s Image) in the $10,500 Landmark for male trotters in 2:05.2 for driver Jim Taggart Jr. and trainer Gary Messenger, and Money Matters (Explosive Matter-Missy Money Bags) in the $5,660 Landmark for female trotters in 2:05.1 for trainer/driver Aaron Lambert.
Remaining winners among two-year-olds were: Vibrance (Betting Line-Moonlit Dance) in the $7,025 division for female pacers in 1:58.3 for driver/trainer Steven Rybka; Bullvillespandemic (Bullville Powerful-Not A Bullville) in the $12,950 Landmark for male pacers in 1:59.2 for driver Joseph Chindano Jr. and trainer Stephen Crevani; and My Belfast Angel (Muscles Yankee-Vixen) in the $6,375 Landmark for female trotters in 2:10.3 for trainer/driver Andrew Adamczyk.
(USTA)