by Sam Pendolino, publicity director, Buffalo Raceway

Hamburg, NY — Former Western New York native Ray Schnittker brought some high priced trotting fillies to Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday night (July 6) to compete in $25,439 divisions of New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies. He left with two blankets, as he won the first split with Borrow And Spend and the fifth with Lima Playmate.

Paul White photo

Borrow And Spend was a 2:06 winner for Ray Schnittker.

Borrow And Spend (Credit Winner-Armbro Déjà Vu) shot right to the lead from post six and hit the quarter in :31 and the half in 1:03. Schnittker let the favorite in the race, El On Wheels (Jim Devaux), have the lead to the three-quarters in 1:35.1, but a strong stretch drive by Borrow And Spend ($18.40) put her a nose in front of second place finisher Upfront Perry (Jeff Gregory) at the finish line in a time of 2:06.

“This is a full sister to Dejarmbro,” said Schnittker. “It wasn’t my driving; it was my wallet that got her to the winner’s circle.”

His second win behind Lima Playmate (Credit Winner-Pacific Legacy, $5.20) was a wire-to-wire effort in 2:03, which was the fastest Sire Stakes race of the night.

“This could be a really good one,” said Schnittker. “She did it real easy and had plenty left in the tank.”

The other Sire Stakes winners were Miss Fidget (Conway Hall-So Wonderful), in 2:03.3 with Eddie Lohmeyer driving for owner Patricia Hogan; Glee (Conway Hall-Trotting For Fun) and John Stark, Jr., a neck winner in a lifetime best 2:05.2; and Allidoiswin (Credit Winner-You’vemetyourmatch) and Marcus Johansson, who scored her first lifetime win in 2:03.2.

Racing will resume on Friday (July 8) with first post scheduled for 6:40 p.m.