Hawthorne Racecourse

The ladies were the focus on Friday night at Hawthorne as six races featured fillies and mare in either their final leg or elimination leading to Night of Champions on September 10.

With just over a week to Night of Champions at Hawthorne, final leg and elimination races took place on a fast track.

Thursday night at Hawthorne featured leg three action for the Illinois-bred three-year-old trotters. Male trotters were featured in the Erwin F. Dygert Memorial Stakes while the females took to the t...

On a warm and muggy Thursday at Hawthorne, two divisions of leg three of the Fox Valley Flan Stakes and Kadabra Stakes took place. The Fox Valley Flan is for Illinois-bred two-year-old filly trotters...

A little bit of pre-race rain didn’t dampen the evening at Hawthorne as six races of stakes action took place on Thursday evening.

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 Decem...

A report by the Chicago Tribune explains that Illinois’ Hawthorne Race Course for thoroughbreds is in the unusual position of leading off horse racing season in the state due to the impasse between th...

According to today's edition of the Harness Tracks of America Daily Newsletter, Hawthorne Racecourse has failed in its attempt to secure the 10th and final casino license in the state of Illi

The owners of Hawthorne Racecourse have said that if the track is granted Illinois' 10th casino license, it will erect a new, intimate racing facility, contrasted by the biggest sports bar in the stat...

According to a report, Illinois' Hawthorne Racecourse is making an unprecedented bid to acquire the state's 10th casino license. A $500 million entertainment destination is part of the proposal, and s...