Scioto: Record efforts by Oh Look Magic, Shadows Dancer

Track records were set in back-to-back races Friday (August 8) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

Oh Look Magic and Sam Widger equaled the North American track record for older (5+) trotting geldings, stopping the timer in 1:50 2/5. Leaving from their assigned post nine in the $20,000 Open II, the pair was parked through the 27 second opening quarter before they made the lead. After setting fractions of 54 4/5 and 1:22 2/5, Oh Look Magic came home in 28 to win by 2 1/4 lengths over Adamsville Road (Luke Hanners).

Ron Burke trains Oh Look Magic for Burke Racing and Weaver Bruscemi. The 5-year-old gelding by Lookslikeachipndale is out of the Kadabra mare Miami Magic and was bred by Glengate Farms. The win Friday smashed Oh Look Magic's previous lifetime mark of 1:52 2/5. The gelding now has 16 wins in 73 lifetime starts and $457,196 in earnings.

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Just one race earlier, Shadows Dancers re-wrote the Scioto history books just shy of a month after she had previously set the track record for older mare pacers. Friday's win in 1:48 was two-fifths faster than her win four starts ago of 1:48 2/5.

Dan Noble took Shadows Dancers straight to the top from post five in the $25,000 fillies and mares open handicap event and set fractions of 26, 53 4/5 and 1:20 4/5 before coming home in 27 1/5 to win by 3 1/2 lengths.

Christi Noble trains Shadows Dancers for Howard Taylor and Chris McGuire. The 6-year-old daughter of Always B Miki is out of the Shadow Play mare Dancing Shadows K. She now has 22 lifetime wins in 90 starts and $290,699 in earnings.

Racing continues at Scioto on Saturday with a 12-race card. The first Super Hi-5 of the evening, in race four, will be bolstered by a $2,589 carryover from Friday's program when the wager in the finale was not hit.

--press release (Scioto)--