The stage is set for Indiana’s richest night of racing, Hoosier Champions Night, at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday, Oct. 10. Twelve Indiana Sire Stakes (INSS) champions will be crowned on a 15-race program with $2.39 million up for grabs and a trio of lengthy win streaks on the line.

The first of eight consecutive $250,000 USD Indiana Sire Stakes Super Finals for two- and three-year-olds will be the glamour-boy division in the fifth race, in which Rock Shines Again will aim to stay perfect during his three-year-old campaign. Owned by Richard Redder and T G Stable LLC, Rock Shines Again has reeled off 12 straight victories entering Friday night, including wins in the last five legs of the INSS and the $117,708 Hoosier Cup Final. Leading driver Trace Tetrick gets the call from trainer Tyler George to steer the 7-5 morning-line choice from post five.

The fastest two-year-old in harness racing history, Odds On Mr Mamba, will look to conclude his two-year-old campaign with a victory in the freshman colt-and-gelding pace Super Final in the 10th race. Fresh off his 1:47.4 world-record score in the last leg of INSS on Oct. 2, the gelded son of Odds On Equuleus-Honky Tonk Woman will once again have pilot Dexter Dunn aboard for trainer Melanie Wrenn. The Odds On Racing homebred finished fourth while pacing home in :25.1 in his career debut and has not tasted defeat in the six starts since, including a Grand Circuit win in the $130,208 Elevation. Odds On Mr Mamba has been established as the 7-5 morning-line favourite from post six while Dancingdreamer, who finished second to Odds On Mr Mamba in the world-record mile, leaves from post 10 with Hall-of-Famer David Miller in the bike as the 7-2 second choice.

On To Norway will immediately follow up that rookie male pace event, bringing a 16-race win streak into the Super Final for sophomore trotting colts and geldings in the 11th race of the evening. Leaving from post two with John De Long between the wheels, the Muscle Massive-One Class Act gelding looks to complete the INSS sweep, having won all eight preliminary legs to go along with stakes wins in The Horseman at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and the $125,000 Phil Langley Memorial. The Ron Burke trainee has been billed as the 9-5 morning-line choice with $417,121 already made on the year. He is owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC, Frank Baldachino, Black and White Stable, and Michael Rosenthal. His arch-rival, Operator, leaves from post four with Kyle Wilfong in the bike as the 5-2 second choice.

The quarter-million-dollar Super Finals will be joined by $70,000 USD championships for the aged male trotters and older pacing mares, along with $50,000 finals for the older distaff trotters and aged male pacers. The aged Super Finals will feature stars such as M Ms Dream, Little Rocket Man, Ponda Jet, and Walkin On Sunshine.

Guests taking in the Hoosier Champions card in person can participate in the Progressive MegaBet Drawing promotion during the evening. Prior to each Super Final, one guest will be drawn to place a $125 MegaBet on a horse of their choosing in the selected race, with any unclaimed prizes carrying over to the following race. Guests may enter at a Trackside Promotional Kiosk beginning at 5 p.m.

Guests may also receive a Hoosier Champions cocktail set at the Trackside Promotions and Events Center from 5-7 p.m. The first 100 guests to show their Caesars Rewards card and proof of a $5 wager on any Hoosier Park race will receive a complimentary set.

Race fans unable to join in person can tune into the Fox Sports 2 broadcast live from 7-10 p.m. with hosts Gabe Prewitt and Jessica Otten live on property providing commentary.

Bettors will also have a buffet of wagering options throughout the evening, with $80,000 worth of guaranteed pools to take aim at including: the Pick 8 in the fifth race, Pick 5s in Races 1 and 8, Pick 4s in Races 2, 6, and 12, and the Hoosier High 5 in Race 15.

The card will begin at 5:30 p.m.

(Hoosier Park; photo of Odds On Mr Mamba winning on Oct. 2)