Gabel, Sherman Finals Contested At Scioto Tuesday

Seaside Star
Published: July 16, 2025 05:08 pm EDT

Odds on favourite Scrappys Love took the $43,836 final of the Dr. Al Gabel Trot on Tuesday, July 15 at Eldorado Scioto Downs, while longshot of the night Seaside Star took top honours in the $43,836 Daryl Sherman Pace.

Scrappys Love, who won the two legs of the Gabel Trot for Ohio-sired non-winners of two races, was sent off as the 1-9 favourite and convincingly took the final in 1:53.1. Leaving from post five, Dan Noble took Scrappys Love straight to the front and never looked back, winning by six lengths after posting fractions of :27.1, :56 and 1:24.2. Illegally Funded (Kayne Kauffman) was second with Stud Muffin T (Trevor Smith) third. 

Scrappys Love, trained by Chris Beaver for Gil Short LLC and Jeffrey Bankey, is by Long Tom. The three-year-old colt now has five wins in 17 lifetime starts and $342,345 in lifetime earnings.

Seaside Star (pictured above) took a completely different route to the winner’s circle to take the Sherman Pace final, also for Ohio-sired non-winners of two. Leaving from post nine, Seaside Star got away seventh, never seeing a pylon as Go Accordingly (Kauffman) set early fractions of :27.1 and :56.3. Shortly after the 1:23.4 third quarter, Brett Miller pulled Seaside Star three-wide and was five-wide coming off the turn to slingshot to the front. A winner by three-quarters of a length in 1:52.2, Seaside Star bested Twice As Much (Tyler Smith) and Fond Of Dancin (Noble). Sent off at 22-1, Seaside Star paid $46.40 to win. 

Trained by Dean Glispie for owner Always Finish Second Stable, Seaside Star now has three wins in 20 lifetime starts and $92,054 in earnings.

Another longshot, Xenia, took the last race of the evening at 20-1, with Whats Your Beef at 22-1 finishing second. No one had a winning ticket for the top five finishers, causing a carryover of $4,932 for the fourth race $.20 Super High-5 on Wednesday’s card.

(With files from Scioto)

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