Grove City, OH — Nine One Oh Six set a new lifetime mark of 1:51.4, on a track rated sloppy, Wednesday (July 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs in the $32,000 Daryl Sherman final.

Nine One Oh Six set a new lifetime mark of 1:51.4 in the $32,000 Daryl Sherman final. Conrad photo.

There was a four-horse cavalry charge leaving the gate with Nine One Oh Six and Dan Noble settling in second by the :26.3 opening quarter. The 4-5 favorite Theheavyweightway (Kayne Kauffman) continued to set the fractions, hitting the half in :55.2 and the three-quarters in 1:23.2 as Nocrynintheuber (Chris Page) made a first over bid. Nine One Oh Six was nose to helmet in the pocket waiting for the passing lane and was able to win by a half-length over the pacesetting Theheavyweightway; Nocrynintheuber was third.

The Sherman was for Ohio sired non-winners of two colt and gelding pacers and had two legs leading up to the final. Theheavyweightway won the first leg and Nine One Oh Six took the second leg.

Nine One Oh Six, by Lather Up out of the Rock N Roll Heaven mare Passionate Beauty, now has four wins in 17 lifetime starts and $46,519 in earnings. The 3-year-old gelding is trained by Christi Noble for Tim Homan, Norman Rae Racing and Jim Burnett.

The 90-day 2024 Eldorado Scioto Downs race meet runs through Saturday (Sept. 14). Races are held Tuesday-Saturday with a first post of 5:45 p.m. each day, except for Friday (Sept. 13) which will have a 6:15 p.m. post to help accommodate horsemen attending the Ohio Selected Yearling Sale. More information about racing at Scioto can be found on the Eldorado Scioto Downs website.