Unlike Arlington Park, its bucolic former counterpart, Hawthorne Racecourse has never been a lovely place to watch a horse ...

The first day of entries for the 2024 Hawthorne thoroughbred season were taken as a nine-race card was drawn to open the racing season. Live racing for the spring/summer thoroughbred meet begins on ...

The 2002 Sportsman's Park Thoroughbred meet is expected to go on as scheduled even though Chicago Motor Speedway has decided to suspend auto racing this year. Aided by balmy late fall weather, ...

CICERO, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois' oldest horse racing track is now poised to become the first track to have a casino. On Thursday, Hawthorne Race Course cleared a critical hurdle with the Illinois ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Action will be back on the track at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero, starting Saturday. Angie Coleman is getting the horses all cleaned up and ready for their long awaited appearance ...

More than three years after Hawthorne Race Course was authorized to add casino gambling, not a single card has been dealt nor a coin dropped in the slots. The $400 million combination horse racetrack ...

The Illinois Racing Board on Thursday approved the 2026 Thoroughbred racing schedule at Hawthorne Race Course and Fairmount Park. Specifically, the IRB approved 63 days of live Thoroughbred racing at ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Harness racing returns next weekend at Hawthorne Race Course in west suburban Stickney. They had their season abruptly stoped in mid March by the coronavirus pandemic. People will not ...

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The executive director of the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association believes the Juneteenth holiday is the perfect time to celebrate the “huge contribution” that Black trainers, drivers and owners ...

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