The delay affects not only the Carey family that owns Hawthorne, but the entire horse racing industry in Illinois. Since Churchill Downs Inc. outraged the racing world by closing Arlington ...

The debt calls further into question whether Hawthorne can get financing to build a planned race track/casino combination, known as a racino. Hawthorne officials said they settled one of the ...

With the shift in the dynamic of live racing in Illinois, Hawthorne Race Course will begin its extended spring/summer thoroughbred season on Sunday, March 5. Traditionally racing spring and fall ...

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday against Hawthorne Race Course, the Illinois Racing Board and others at the track and state agency comes from a former Hawthorne veterinarian, Christine Tuma ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Hawthorne Race Course on Friday, April 21st, 2023. Victor Hilitski/For the Sun-Times Share The Chicago area’s longest operating horse racing track is being ...

Illinois enacted a sweeping law in 2019 to allow casinos at horse racing tracks, known as racinos. Nearly five years later, Hawthorne Race Course, a main beneficiary of the legislation ...

Hawthorne Race Course has hired industry veteran Allan Plever as racing secretary and director of racing operations, the Chicagoland oval announced in a release June 11. Plever will focus on ...

The race track has demolished much of the inside and the front glass face of the Hawthorne’s grandstand in preparation for building the casino in the grandstand of the Stickney racetrack.

Hawthorne in Stickney is not offering window betting this year. There was a big crowd watching sports, including horse racing, Friday afternoon at Crazy Pour in Villa Park. They are expecting an ...

But earlier this month, I made a return visit to Hawthorne and that same thrill and excitement, along with a plenty of amazing history, came rushing back to me. Unlike Balmoral Horse Race Track in ...

Former Hawthorne Race Course veterinarian Christine Tuma has filed a federal lawsuit against the track and the state racing commission alleging that the entities allowed horses to race despite her ...