With John DeLong on board and the punters backing him as the 1-20 favourite, On To Norway soared off the wings to take fourth into the first corner as Karinchak (Jordan Ross) trotted across the field to a thrilling opening quarter of :26.4 in the doldrums. Karinchak rated the half:56.2 as On To Norway left the cones and emerged first. On To Norway moved up to second with second choice, Gimpanzee Dancer (Marcus Miller), after his cover around the final turn as Karinchak led to three-quarters in 1:25.4.
The trotters turned in the stretch and On To Norway began to assert himself, charging to the front as Gimpanzee Dancer leaned from his back to attempt a streak-breaking attempt. On To Norway countered with a :27.1 final quarter, trotting away from the challenge and crossing 2-3/4 lengths clear in 1:53.1. Gimpanzee Dancer was second, while Siesta Sandman (Trace Tetrick) was third, 5-3/4 lengths behind the winner.
Ron Burke trains On To Norway, which has collected $612,444 this year for owners Burke Racing Stable, Frank Baldachino, Black & White Stable and Michael Rosenthal. Bennet Farms of Michigan bred the Muscle huge-One Class Act gelding, who has won 26 of 32 lives and is the winningest horse in North America in 2025 with his 22 wins. He hasn’t tasted defeat since his three-year-old debut on April 3.
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The DeLong/Burke combination also teamed to win the $27,750 second division of Bally’s Randy for 3-year-old pacing colts with Harrisburg Heist ($2.40, 1:50.3) before DeLong teamed with his wife, Tabby, to take the $51,000 filly pace with Can’ttouchthese ($6.80, 1:50.3), who advanced to her third consecutive stakes wins in the final.
Lead driver Trace Tetrick showed why he’s on his way to his 13th straight Hoosier driving title, winning six of the 13 races on the schedule, including a pair of Bally’s Randy stakes splits. Tetrick was a front-end winner in the $28,050 first division for 3-year-old colts with Extra Suds ($4.60, 1:50.2) for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and also won the only $47,700 division for 3-year-old trotting fillies in a 7-1/2 long romp with Divine Thing ($3.40, 1:54.3) for trainer Steve Carter.
Tetrick’s other winners of the night were Shamwow ($4, 1:50) for Walter Haynes Jr., Im Skinnydipin N ($4.20, 1:51.3) for Tyler George, Higher Ground ($5.20, 1:52) for Michael Hitchcock and Yourwishisgranted ($3, 1:51.4) for Matt Rheinhimer.
The week’s racing concludes on Saturday (22 November) with a 14-race program starting at 5.30pm. Millionaire mares Kobe’s Gigi and MM’s Dream will make their final career starts in races 1 and 6 respectively, and will be honored in the winners circle after their respective races.
For more information about the 2025 live racing season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, visit www.harrahshoosierpark.com.
For full race results, click here: American trotting results.
Through Jacob Rijnheimerin front of Harrah’s Hoosier Park
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