Hawthorne Race Course

Hawthorne Winter Racing Series Returns

November 17, 2021

With the 2022 winter harness season kicking off on Friday, Jan. 7 at Hawthorne Race Course, racing secretary Robin Schadt has announced 12 winter series races for the season.

Big Efforts At Night Of Champions

September 26, 2021

The marquee evening of the summer harness meet at Hawthorne Race Course showcased 11 stakes races, all for Illinois-bred horses, as over $1 million in purses was on the line for Saturday's (Sept. 25) ...

Hawthorne Set For Night Of Champions

September 24, 2021

The best in the state of Illinois will be taking to the track on Saturday (Sept. 25) at Hawthorne Race Course for the Night of Champions.

Mandatory Payout In Hawthorne Hi-5 Sat.

With a growing carryover that is approaching $200,000, a mandatory payout will be put in place on Saturday night's (July 24) Hi-5 wager at Hawthorne Race Course.

Leonard Wins No. 3,000

On a beautiful Saturday night (July 3) at Hawthorne Race Course, driver Casey Leonard earned his 3,000th driving victory of his career.

Hawthorne Hosts Juneteenth Race

In honour of the Juneteenth holiday, Hawthorne Race Course recognized the many black drivers competing in Illinois by hosting the first pari-mutuel race in the state with a field of horses driven all ...

Juneteenth Race At Hawthorne

On Saturday (June 19), Hawthorne Race Course will host the first pari-mutuel harness race in Illinois history to feature an entire field of Standardbred horses driven exclusively by African-American h...

Racing Action Heats Up At Hawthorne

With the temperatures rising in the Chicagoland area, the racing action heated up as well at Hawthorne as the Night of Champions series races kicked off.

Crankin’ Up The Season At Hawthorne

Following the conclusion of the spring thoroughbred season at Hawthorne, the track crew embarked once again on the racing surface conversion.

Hawthorne Set For 130th Anniversary

Standardbred racehorses will return to the track at Hawthorne Race Course for a summer of live harness racing beginning Friday, May 7.

Hawthorne Opens Third Sports Book

Just in time for college basketball madness, Hawthorne Race Course and PointsBet opened their third premium retail sports book.

Hawthorne To Open Off-Track Sports Book

January 26, 2021

As COVID mitigation guidelines continue to ease, allowing for casinos to resume operations, Hawthorne Race Course and PointsBet have been approved by the Illinois Gaming Board to open the State’s firs...