Leonard Wins No. 3,000 July 04, 2021 On a beautiful Saturday night (July 3) at Hawthorne Race Course, driver Casey Leonard earned his 3,000th driving victory of his career.
Leonard Wins Eight At Hawthorne, Again September 01, 2019 Records are made to be broken. When it’s your own record, it makes things a little bittersweet. When you do it on back to back nights, that makes it a whole lot of fun. That was the story for drive...
Leonard Wins Six At Hawthorne August 27, 2018 In a meet that he has dominated since the start of the summer, leading driver Casey Leonard had a big night on Sunday night (Aug. 26) at Hawthorne Racecourse.
Leonard, Johnson Take Hawthorne Titles February 19, 2018 A winter meet that brought weather conditions from fog, to rain, to heavy snow concluded Monday evening at Hawthorne. Due to a couple of cancellations in the final weeks because of snowy conditions, ...
Leonard Hot At Hawthorne July 25, 2017 Casey Leonard, Hawthorne Race Course’s meet-leading driver to date, had a night to remember at Hawthorne this past weekend, which helped cap a big racing week for the reinsman.
Leonard Sweeps Incredible Finale Leg July 23, 2017 Illinois-bred male juvenile pacers were the focus on Saturday night at Hawthorne as three divisions of leg two of the Incredible Finale Stakes took place.
Leonard Sweeps Incredible Finale Splits June 18, 2017 Driver Casey Leonard swept a pair of $12,000 opening round Incredible Finale Stakes divisions with Illinois-bred two-year-old male pacers Mykonos and Heza Real Shooter as a part of a six-win performan...
Casey Leonard Hits 2,000 Wins June 19, 2016 Almost three years to the day after notching his 1,000th career driving victory, Hawthorne’s defending winter-meet driving champion and current summer-meet leading reinsman Casey Leonard had cause to ...
Hawthorne Officials Pleased With Meet February 08, 2016 After a seven-year absence from Hawthorne Race Course, harness racing returned to the ‘Stickney Spa’ for a short four-week meet that kicked off on January 8. If the numbers that were put up are a sign...
Balmoral Park Finale Well Supported December 27, 2015 The curtain came down on at Balmoral Park last night (Saturday, Dec. 26) with $1,347,100 bet on the last program of 2015 and likely the final live racing card in the long history of the racetrack.
‘War Horse’ Not 100 Per Cent September 11, 2015 “[He] has more guts than any other horse I’ve driven in the past. He’s the type that does the heavy lifting – he goes out week after week and grinds out the miles so other horses can sit in the pocket...
Balmoral Wraps Up 2014 Season January 01, 2015 State-bred filly and mare pacers headlined the final night of the 2014 racing season at Balmoral Park as a field of seven distaffers squared off in the $15,000 Fox Valley Memory Stake.
Leonard Reaches 1,000-Win Milestone July 20, 2013 They say good things come to those who wait. Driver Casey Leonard was a perfect example of that on Friday night at Maywood Park as the 35-year-old reinsman patiently waited out several tough losses an...
