Winter weather conditions forced the cancellation of the closing night card after five races on Saturday (Nov. 29) at Harrah's Hoosier Park, but not before Trace Tetrick and Tyler George made their annual trek to the winner's circle to be honored as the leading driver and trainer, respectively, once again in 2025.
Tetrick, Harrah's Hoosier Park's all-time leading driver, tacked one more win on the season as he took the Saturday night opener with Vettel N for George to bring his total to 352 victories on the meet. With a UDRS of .350 for the meet, Tetrick's steers have racked up over $4.4 million in earnings, headlined by three Indiana Sire Stakes finals winners in Rock Shines Again, Miss Fancy Nancy and Rollin Rosie, all for George, in addition to picking up his 8,000th career driving win in 2025. The 39-year-old driver has now notched 14 leading driving titles at Harrah's Hoosier Park. Tetrick won his first driving title in 2008, winning again in 2012 before winning his last 12 trophies consecutively since 2014.
With plans of heading to Dayton and Miami Valley this winter before returning to Hoosier Park in February of 2026, Tetrick currently sits eighth nationally in driving wins with 432 and has nearly $6 million in earnings this year. Tetrick heads into 2026 with $100 million in career driving earnings within range as he currently sits with at $93 million at the end of November.
The podium of the driver standings remained the same as each of the last two seasons, with John De Long second with 267 victories, and Kyle Wilfong third with 220. Marcus Miller rounded out the super in his first full-time season at Hoosier Park with 218 victories.
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The training side of things also saw a familiar face atop the standings, with George winning his sixth consecutive training title. This year, George obliterated his own single-season wins record at Harrah's Hoosier Park, sending out 165 winners over the course of the meet. The previous mark was 138, which George established in 2024. 2025 has been a banner year in all regards for the 40-year-old trainer, who currently sits 10th nationally in training wins with 201 and has earned over $2.8 million, headlined by the trio of aforementioned Sire Stakes champions. Closing in on 2,000 training wins in his career, the George barn leads all of North America in terms of UTRS for barns with more than 500 starts at .446; the next closest being Melissa Beckwith at .399.
Ron Burke finished the year second in the Hoosier Park trainer standings with 111 victories, Erv Miller was third with 105.
While the weather-shortened Saturday night card put a bow on the 2025 season, race fans will have their shortest wait to date for the return of racing, with the 2026 meet slated to begin on Thursday, Feb. 12. Harrah's Hoosier Park will race on a two-day Thursday and Friday schedule through April where more dates will be added, with an anticipated first post remaining 5:30 p.m.
For more information on the upcoming entertainment and live racing schedule, please visit www.harrahshoosierpark.com.
--press release (Harrah's Hoosier Park)--