The Lindy Treaty, a two-year-old colt by Conway Hall out of the Valley Victory mare Peace A Pie, won his $38,562 division of the New York Sire Stakes in 2:01.2 at Buffalo Raceway on Sunday afternoon to join Timothy Patrick (2012) in the track record books.
It was the first lifetime start for The Lindy Treaty, who was a $65,000 Harrisburg purchase last year, and is owned by trainer/driver Ray Schnittker and The Lindy Treaty Stables of New York.
The Lindy Treaty ($7.20) left alertly from post seven, and after Commissioner Daley (Dan Daley) hit the quarter in :30.4, Schnittker put The Lindy Treaty on the lead and never looked back, setting the rest of the fractions in the race of 1:01 and 1:31.4. A :29.1 last quarter-mile put the winner four lengths in front of second-place finisher General Bill Brown (Victor Kirby) at the wire. Mister Anson (Jim Doherty) came in third.
Another impressive victory was turned in by My Friend Charlie (Rc Royalty-Sand Moxie-Muscles Yankee), who was capably driven by Chris Lems for owner Paul Fontaine of Rhode Island. The George Ducharme-trained trotter stopped the timer in 2:01.3, just a tick off tying the track record. It was also the first lifetime start for My Friend Charlie ($11.00), who is a homebred for Fontaine.
The other Sire Stakes winner was the career-debuting Izzy Jokin (Rc Royalty-Graduation Party) in 2:05.2 with Lems in the bike for Ducharme and New York owners Albert, Michelle and James Crawford.
(With files from Buffalo Raceway)