The track at Scioto Downs Racino has been on fire the first half of the 2013 racing season. Four track records have either been made or tied already, and the heat of summer hasn’t quite hit and stuck around at the Columbus, Ohio oval.

Friday evening Betterluvnexttime equalled the track record she set on May 17 of 1:51.2. Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. then took over training duties and shipped her off to The Meadows and Hoosier Park before bringing her back to Scioto last week. In that race, a Fillies & Mares Open like the one she raced in Friday, she finished second by a half-length to Perfect M Forever in 1:53.2.

This week she started from the eight-hole and driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr., who drove her in her previous track record mile, took her to the back of the pack. Making a three-wide move at the three-quarter pole, she swooped the field, going from sixth to first by the time they hit the top of the stretch.

The second betting favourite in the field, Princess Cruiser (Kyle Ater), finished second while Shes Shocking (Kayne Kauffman) got up for third.

Betterluvnexttime is by American Ideal out of the Walton Hanover mare Darriwillian Girl. Daniel Mitchell of Novi, Michigan owns the mare, who has made over $280,000 lifetime.

(Scioto Downs)