JD aims to take down Reynolds rivals

At 0h46, on May 6, 2022 • By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

After breeder George Zitone saw Ray Schnittker purchase So Park N Proud at the 2020 Goshen Yearling Sale, he approached the trainer and asked about retaining an interest in the pacer. Schnittker said yes, but he was changing the name of the horse.

The new name would be JD, after Zitone’s son, who had been a two-time NCAA Division III All-American wrestler at Centenary University, placing second in the nation at 285 pounds in 2013 and seventh in the country the year before. While in high school, J.D. Zitone had finished second and fourth in the New York State Tournament.

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