Hezzz A Wise Sky

Running Aces featured two high-level overnight events on the Sunday, July 20 harness racing program.

Hezzz A Wise Sky was victorious in the $20,205 Open Handicap Pace featured on the Tuesday night, June 24 harness racing program at Running Aces.

The millionaire French Wine worked a pocket ride and prevailed on his seasonal bow in the second $68,493 division of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for four-year-old trotting horses and geldings on a sta...

Sent off as the 2-5 choice, Brandon Bates placed Hezzz A Wise Sky on the point and never raised the stick as the chalk coasted to a 1:51.1 victory in the $40,541 Open Pace on opening day at Oak Grove ...

Ominous skies loomed over Hawthorne Race Course much of the day on Saturday (Oct. 14) evening but the rains cleared as the track was listed as good for Night of Champions. Twelve stakes finals were co...

Running Aces presented its signature pacing event of the summer on Sunday, July 23, with a very talented field of eight lining up behind the gate for the 2023 Dan Patch Free-For-All.

The Tuesday night, June 6 feature race at Running Aces drew a very talented field of eight competitors vying for top honours in the $18,500 Open Handicap Pace.

Twelve stakes finals will be taking place on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Hawthorne with more than $1.2 million in purses on the line, all for Illinois-breds, during the Night of Champions.  

With racing at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield beginning next week, the top Illinois-bred horses are ready to put on a show in front of the huge state fair crowds.

Trainer Ron Burke should feel extremely confident about his talented troupe of Ohio-sired sophomore pacers as the first leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes season is set to kickoff at Miami Valley Raceway ne...

It took him three trips to Ohio to beat the Midwest’s best pacers, but Chicago invader Hezzz A Wise Sky got the job done on Thursday with the quickest mile of the meet.

Mother Nature has not been kind to those participating in the winter harness meet at Hawthorne as every racing card has been contested in below freezing temperatures. This weekend, she seemed to kick ...