Oh Look Magic takes $28,000 Open Trot

Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway kicked off its 12th harness racing season tonight (Sept. 23) and featured on their 14-race card was the $28,000 Open Trot.

Oh Look Magic, driven by Austin Hanners, delivered a dominant front-end performance. The five-year-old gelding by Lookslikeachpndale surged from post two to take command early, posting fractions of :27.3, :56.2, and 1:23.3, before coasting home in 1:52.3 with a :29 final quarter.

He crossed the wire 5 ¼ lengths clear of Sugar Instead (Sam Widger), with My Pal Sparky (Cameron McCown) another 1 3/4 lengths back in third.

It marked the third straight win for Oh Look Magic, who came into the race off a one-month layoff.

OH LOOK MAGIC REPLAY

He is trained by Ron Burke for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi.

Hanners finished with a driving triple on the night.

Dayton Raceway is preparing for a big weekend of racing. Friday night will feature seven divisions of the $100,000 Ohio Sire Stakes Gray Championships. Saturday’s card will have the $1 million (div.) Dayton Derbies and eight $300,000 Ohio Sire Stakes Scarlet Championships. Post time for both evenings will be 6:30 PM.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Jay Wolf, for Hollywood Dayton Raceway