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)