Wet weather, a sloppy track and seven stout foes weren’t going to deter the hottest horse in North America as On To Norway marched first-over to his 22nd consecutive victory in the $69,296 Bally’s Randy Stakes for sophomore trotting colts and geldings on Friday, Nov. 21 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.

With John De Long aboard and the bettors backing him as the 1-20 favourite, On To Norway floated off the wings and was away fourth on the first turn while Karinchak (Jordan Ross) trotted atop the field to a blistering :26.4 opening quarter in the slop. 

Karinchak rated the half in :56.2 when On To Norway vacated the cones and began to loom large first-over. On To Norway moved into second with the second choice, Gimpanzee Dancer (Marcus Miller), following his cover around the final turn as Karinchak led to three-quarters in 1:25.4.

The trotters spun into the stretch and On To Norway began to assert himself, surging to the front end with Gimpanzee Dancer angling off his back to take a shot at snapping the streak. On To Norway countered with a :27.1 final quarter, trotting away from the challenge and crossing the wire 2-3/4 lengths clear in 1:53.1. Gimpanzee Dancer was second with Siesta Sandman (Trace Tetrick) getting up for third, 5-3/4 lengths back of the winner.

Ron Burke trains On To Norway who has banked $852,140 on the year for owners Burke Racing Stable of Frederickton, Pennsylvania, Frank Baldachino of Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, Black And White Stable of Milroy, Indiana and Michael Rosenthal of Las Vegas, Nevada. The Muscle Massive-One Class Act gelding has won 26 of 32 lifetime starts and is the winningest horse in North America in 2025 with his 22 wins this year, having not tasted defeat since his three-year-old debut on April 3. He paid $2.10 to win.

On To Norway's last scheduled start of the season is the Thanksgiving Classic on Friday, Nov. 28 at Hoosier Park.

The De Long/Burke combination also teamed up to win a $39,085 division of the Bally’s Randy for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings with Harrisburg Heist ($2.40) in 1:50.3 before De Long teamed up with wife Tabby to take the $71,831 filly pace with Canttouchthese ($6.80), who steamrolled to her third straight stakes win in the finale in a 1:50.4 mile.

Leading driver Trace Tetrick put on display why he is en route to his 13th consecutive driving title at Hoosier, winning six of 13 races on the program, including a pair of Bally’s Randy stakes splits. Tetrick was a front-end winner in a $39,507 division for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings with Extra Suds ($4.60) in 1:50.2 for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and also took the lone $67,183 division for three-year-old trotting fillies with Divine Thing ($3.40) in a 7-1/2-length romp ahead of stablemate A Million Dances in 1:54.3 for trainer Steve Carter.

Tetrick’s other winners on the night were with Shamwow ($4) in 1:50 for Walter Haynes Jr., Im Skinnydipin N ($4.20) in 1:51.3 for Tyler George, Higher Ground ($5.20) in 1:52 for Michael Hitchcock and Yourwishisgranted ($3) in 1:51.4 for Matt Rheinhimer.

Racing for the week concludes on Saturday, Nov. 22 with a 14-race program set to get underway at 5:30 p.m. Millionaire mares Kobes Gigi and M Ms Dream will make their final career starts and be honoured in the winner’s circle after their respective races in the first and sixth.

(With files from Hoosier Park)