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Strongest Blooded Horse Sale Yet

November 18, 2016

Optimistic owners and trainers flocked to the Blooded Horse Fall Sale in Delaware, Ohio, from November 14-17, to upgrade racehorses and breeding stock. Strong demand plus a quality 1,200 horse catalog...

Char N Marg Continues Illinois Streak

Hawthorne Race Course featured a pair of divisions of leg three of the Plum Peachy Stakes on Friday evening (July 29). The Plum Peachy is for Illinois-bred three-year-old fillies and each division wen...

Illinois Sophomore Fillies Face Off Again

On Friday (July 1) evening over a fast track at Hawthorne Race Course, Illinois-bred three-year-old pacing fillies were on display in leg two of the Plum Peachy Stakes. Two divisions were set to comp...

Favoured Fillies Win Illinois Stakes

Hawthorne Race Course hosted a pair of first leg divisions of the Plum Peachy Stakes for Illinois-bred three-year-old fillies on Friday night (June 3). Each division carried a purse of $12,500.

Awards Doled Out In Illinois

January 20, 2016

The annual meeting of the USTA District 5 membership was held on January 16 in Springfield, Ill. Following the membership meeting of the USTA/IDOA, the annual awards banquet was held and divisional ch...

Freshmen Close Maywood's 2015 Season

October 03, 2015

Illinois’ top two-year-old pacers were in action on Friday night as a pair of state-bred stakes events helped bring the curtain down on the 2015 racing season at Maywood Park.

Balmoral Park Hosts Illinois Super Night

September 13, 2015

Super Night XXVII at Balmoral Park is in the books as Saturday’s eight championship events showcased the Prairie State's top pacers and trotters.

Balmoral Hosts Southland Festival Elims

The countdown to the Southland Festival of Racing, one of the biggest weekends of the season for Illinois conceived and foaled pacers and trotters, began in earnest on Saturday, July 18 with a bevy of...

Stakes Mania At Balmoral Park

A Sunday night program full of Illinois conceived and foaled stakes action which mainly put the spotlight on this year’s crop of two-year-olds kicked off with a non-wagering event as a field of five d...