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Illinois Night Of Champions Saturday At Hawthorne

November 13, 2025

Throughout the course of the summer, Illinois-bred trotters and pacers have been earning points toward the Night of Champions coming up on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Hawthorne Racecourse. Twelve finals are ...

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...

Dad Proves To Be A ‘Wise’ Guy

January 06, 2022

A little more than five years ago, John Filomeno approached his father, Donald, and suggested they partner on a racehorse.

Super Bowl Champ Finds Winner's Circle

Super Bowl Champion linebacker Devin White of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was onsite at Hawthorne Race Course on Sunday evening (June 27) to watch the debut races of a pair of trotters he owns in partner...

Warren Wins No. 5,000

September 13, 2020

In Saturday’s (Sept. 12) ninth race at Hawthorne, driver Todd Warren drove Tappin Outamessage to career victory No. 5,000.

A Weekend Of Upsets At Hawthorne

For the horseplayer, handicapping races is a very tough science. Finding the winner and then wagering on the race to turn a profit adds to the process.

Hawthorne Hosts Night Of Champions

September 22, 2019

After a string of weeks of gorgeous weather at Hawthorne Race Course, Mother Nature wasn’t nearly as kind when it came to the Night of Champions Saturday, Sept. 21. The 12-race card kicked off with a ...

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...

Annas Lucky Star Sets Hawthorne Record

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...

Night Of Champions Prelims Continue

As summer finally came to the Chicagoland area, the action was heating up on the racetrack as leg two action for the Night of Champions races took place this past weekend at Hawthorne. Three-year-old ...

Babies Abound At Hawthorne

The babies made their way to the racetrack this past weekend at Hawthorne as the Night of Champions leg one action continued. The boys were centre stage on Friday evening while the ladies took their p...

Road Starts To Illinois Night Of Champions

Hawthorne does not host the Night of Champions until the final week of September, but the action kicks off early as this past weekend saw the first legs in numerous categories for the top Illinois-bre...

Countdown To Night Of Champions

September 15, 2018

With just over one week to Night of Champions at Hawthorne, the final legs of each series were taking place this weekend. On Friday night, eight of the 13 races on the card had Night of Champions imp...