Track records were set in back-to-back races on Friday, Aug. 8 at Eldorado Scioto Downs, with one of those miles matching a world record.

Oh Look Magic and Sam Widger (pictured above) equaled the world track record for older trotting geldings, stopping the timer in 1:50.2. Leaving from their assigned post nine in the $27,778 Open II, the pair was parked through the :27 opening quarter before they made the lead. Setting fractions of :54.4 and 1:22.2, 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 five-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. The gelding now has 16 wins in 73 lifetime starts and $614,161 in earnings.

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. Dan Noble took Shadows Dancers straight to the top from post five in the $34,722 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap and set fractions of :26, :53.4 and 1:20.4 before coming home in :27.1 to win by 3-1/2 lengths.

Christi Noble trains Shadows Dancers for Howard Taylor and Chris McGuire. The six-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 $362,394 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. 

(with files from Scioto)