Schnittker, MacDonald with impressive qualifiers at Pocono
At 0h01, on April 8, 2021 • By POCONO DOWNS
Two horses trained by Ray Schnittker and driven by Mark MacDonald turned heads during Wednesday morning (April 7) qualifiers at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, with Splash Brother (1:50.4) and Billy Clyde (1:52.4) winning by a combined 36-1/4 lengths.
A 4-year-old So Surreal gelding, Splash Brother went down the road while posting fractions of :28.2, :56.3, 1:23.3 and 1:50.4 for the partnership of Schnittker, Nolamaura Racing, Steven Arnold and Tammy Flannery.
He took a mark of 1:48.2 at The Meadowlands last year and won $300,722, including a victory in his Empire Breeders Classic and a second in his New York Sire Stakes final.
The sophomore Always B Miki colt Billy Clyde posted a 1:52.3 qualifying mark in limited campaigning last year, and just missed that clocking Wednesday after hanging up fractions of :29.4, :58, 1:25.2 and 1:52.4.
Billy Clyde, owned by Schnittker and Dr. John Egloff, may be pointing for the first Pennsylvania Sire Stakes of the season, to be held at The Meadows on May 1.
