March 23, 2016:

Racing secretary Peter Hanley would like to remind all horsepeople that stall applications for the 2016 summer harness meet at Hawthorne Race Course are due by April 1....read on

February 26, 2016:

Hawthorne Racing Secretary Peter Hanley has announced an ambitious late closing series that should give trotters and pacers at all classes a chance to race for added money with his Have Em Ready To Roll Late Closing Series....read on

February 10, 2016:

The 2016 Illinois conceived and foaled stakes schedule has been announced by Hawthorne Race Course and the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association....read on

February 8, 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 of things to come, racing fans will be in for a treat when the Standardbreds return to Hawthorne in May for an extended five-month meet....read on

February 6, 2016:

Hawthorne Race Course, the Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association and the Illinois Department of Agriculture would like remind horsemen that nominating payments for the 2016 Cardinal and Violet Stakes, to be contested at Hawthorne Race Course, are due to the Illinois Department of Agriculture by Monday, Feb. 15....read on

February 6, 2016:

Hawthorne Race Course hosted the last two series finals for the winter meet on Friday night (Feb. 5) as the females were featured in the Pretty Direct and Ohyouprettything Pacing Series....read on

February 4, 2016:

Thursday night at Hawthorne featured the final in the Dygert Trotting Series – an event restricted to male trotters who that were non-winners of three pari-mutuel races or $15,000 lifetime as of December 1, 2015.

The first two legs of the series were dominated by Topville Avatar as he won both legs by daylight. The final would be no different....read on

February 3, 2016:

A pair of series finals, along with a consolation final took place on a breezy Wednesday night at Hawthorne Race Course....read on

January 30, 2016:

The final week of the 'winter' meet at Hawthorne Race Course kicked off in a big way on Friday, Jan. 29 as one lucky fan nailed the $84,000-plus carryover and Friday’s additional pool monies taking home a whopping $110,906 on the 20-cent minimum jackpot wager....read on

January 29, 2016:

Leg two of the Ohyouprettything and Pretty Direct pacing series for fillies and mares took place on Friday evening at Hawthorne Race Course....read on

January 27, 2016:

As temperatures started to warm (into the 30s) for the final two weeks of the Hawthorne winter harness meet, times have sped up as has the competition. On Wednesday night at Hawthorne, a 'fast' track welcomed pacers for the second leg of the Whizzer R. White and Suburban Downs Pacing Series....read on

January 23, 2016:

The ladies were the focus on Friday evening at Hawthorne Race Course as divisions of the Ohyouprettything and Pretty Direct Pacing Series took place....read on

January 22, 2016:

Trotters were the focus Thursday (January 21) at Hawthorne, as Leg 1 of the Dygert Trotting Series took place....read on

January 20, 2016:

Wednesday night kicked off the first legs of the Whizzer R. White and Suburban Downs Pacing Series at Hawthorne Race Course....read on

January 17, 2016:

Although they may be newcomers to Chicago racing fans, driver Simon Allard and brother/trainer Rene Allard are clearly in the hearts and minds of the local brethren after joining forces with Hawthorne Race Course to spearhead a fundraising drive to help those whose lives were devastated by the tragic barn fire at Classy Lane Training Centre in Canada on January 4....read on