Hawthorne Set For Illinois Night Of Champions September 08, 2022 Twelve stakes finals will be taking place on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Hawthorne with more than $1.2 million in purses on the line, all for Illinois-breds, during the Night of Champions.
Track Records Fall, Wilfong Wins Seven At Hawthorne September 04, 2022 With just one week to the Night of Champions at Hawthorne Race Course, the racing has been fast and furious between the Illinois State Fairs along with preps and eliminations for next weekend’s finals...
Top Illinois Breds In Peak Form Heading To Springfield August 01, 2022 With racing at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield beginning next week, the top Illinois-bred horses are ready to put on a show in front of the huge state fair crowds.
Annas Lucky Star Sets Hawthorne Record July 14, 2019 On a night where the juvenile trotters were featured in leg two action for Night of Champions races at Hawthorne, an older mare headlined the Sunday, July 14 card. In the fourth race on the card, fiv...
Girls Night At Hawthorne September 16, 2017 With Hawthorne’s Night of Champions just over one week away, seven races took place for fillies and mares as the fields for the finals get sorted out. The Illinois-restricted races will culminate in ...
Dygert Memorials Raced At Hawthorne July 30, 2017 Hawthorne featured three-year-old trotters in action on Sunday night (July 30). Illinois-bred colt and gelding trotters starred in the Erwin F. Dygert Memorial while fillies took to the track in the B...
Illinois Freshmen Battle In Stakes Elims July 03, 2017 Juvenile trotters kicked off the Sunday evening (July 2) harness racing card at Hawthorne Race Course in the Cardinal and Violet Stakes eliminations.