Scioto: Track records for Beaver trainees in Ohio State Fair Trots

Trainer Chris Beaver won four of the seven Ohio State Fair Trots for 2-year-olds on Thursday night at Scioto Downs, with colt Caviar Gold and gelding Gabbys Bit Coin setting track records.

Racing in the first $48,000 division, Caviar Gold (Aaron Merriman) clicked off fractions of 28, 57 4/5, and 1:27, then dug in through the lane to fend off pocket-sitter Creatine Star (Brett Miller) by a nose in 1:55 2/5. Rose Run Xtra (Chris Page) was third.

Beaver also bred and co-owns Caviar Gold, a Triumphant Caviar-Gee O'Keeffe colt, with partners Bill Manes, Leo Fleming, and Steven Zeehandelar. Caviar Gold has won all three of his starts, earned $64,000, and paid $3.80 to win.

In the final $48,000 tilt for the colts and geldings, Gabbys Bit Coin (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) sat third through opening-half fractions of 27 4/5 and 57, then surged first-over into the lead beyond the 1:25 4/5 three-quarters. It was all Gabbys Bit Coin after that, as he opened up to win by three lengths in 1:54 4/5, topping Up Blueberry Hill (Page) and Chulo (Miller).

An Uncle Peter-Gabbysloosechange gelding, Gabbys Bit Coin is a homebred for Chris and his mother Johanna Beaver. Gabbys Bit Coin is also three-for-three with $64,000 in the bank. He returned $7.80 to win.

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Gabbys C Note (Miller, 1:56 2/5) and Stephanie Hill (Merriman, 1:58 4/5) gave Beaver victories in their respective $35,300 and $36,000 flights for the fillies.

A daughter of Triumphant Caviar-Gabby's Creditcard, Gabbys C Note was bred by Johanna Beaver and is now co-owned by her in partnership with Chris Beaver and Steven Zeehandelar. Gabbys C Note has a record of 2-0-0 from three tries and has put away $37,650. She paid $5.20 to win.

Stephanie Hill is a daughter of What The Hill-I Like Stephanie owned by Chris Beaver and Moger Delia-Racing. Bred by Double Spring Farm, she was purchased for $18,000 at last year's Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. She has yet to be defeated in three trips behind the gate, she has stashed away $58,000, and she returned $4.20 to win.

Guido Di (Brady Brown) went down the road to win the second $48,000 flight for the boys in 1:56 4/5. A Wishing Stone-Focus On Me gelding, he broke his maiden in his fifth try and pushed his bankroll to $49,451 for trainer Steve Schoeffel and owners Virginia Schoeffel, Kathy Schoeffel, Lewis Falton, and Marian Schilling. Bred by Rick and Regina Beinhauer, Guido Di fetched $9,000 at the 2020 Standardbred Horse Sale, and he paid $3.40 to win.

Alana Hill gave Brett Miller another win in her $36,000 tilt for the fillies, going gate-to-wire to triumph in 1:58 1/5, and Sweet On Pete (Anthony MacDonald) out-kicked Beaver trainee Caviar Roxie Due (Merriman) in the lane from the pocket to win her $36,000 dash in 1:58 2/5.

Virgil Morgan Jr. trains Alana Hill, a daughter of What The Hill-Andi's Alana, for owners Gc Gold Racing LLC., Walnut View Farm, and John Schlabach. Alana Hill, bred by Cornerstone Stock Farm and bought for $40,000 at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, has won three times from four starts, earned $35,900, and returned $3.80 to win.

Sweet On Pete, an Uncle Peter-Oh Sweet Baby filly, is trained by Jason McGinnis for owners Thestable Sweet On Pete and Hutchison Harness LLC. Sweet On Pete was bred by Steiner Stock Farm and fetched $16,000 at the 2020 Ohio Selected Jug Sale. She is undefeated in four appearances, has pocketed $39,150, and paid $11.00 to win.