• Handle Up as Spring Meet Concludes   May 1st, 2008
Fueled by improved fields and a strong presence in the Out of State markets, the spring Hawthorne meet...

• Illinois Champions Day Recap 2008/The Windy City Lives up to its Name   April 26th, 2008
On a blustery spring afternoon, with the warm winds fiercely blowing, Hawthorne Race...

• Illinois Champions Day 2008/Six Stakes worth $600,000   April 24th, 2008
The 2008 edition of Illinois Champions Day will be contested Saturday, April 26, at Hawthorne...

• Hawthorne to Co-Host Champion Athletes with MouthpieceSports.com   April 22nd, 2008
In honor of Illinois Champions Day, Hawthorne Race Course is co-hosting dozens of champion athletes

• Golden Velvet in Powerful Performance/Beats Tessa Blue in Sixty Sails   April 19th, 2008
On paper it looked like it might be a two-horse race despite the presence of six other fillies and mares...

• Ryan’s For Real from start to finish In Bill Hartack Memorial Handicap   April 19th, 2008
Exiting the seven furlong, Grade 1 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct, you might have expected Ryan's...

• The Bill Hartack Memorial Handicap/An Honor for a Friend and Colleague   April 18th, 2008
When legendary Hall of Fame jockey Bill Hartack passed away last November, he was...

• Mister Triester Returns to Scene of Greatest Moment   April 17th, 2008
Saturday April 8, 2006 was a good day for Mister Triester, that is, if finishing second in a Grade 2 $500,000 stakes race means a heck of a lot...

• Pair of Grade 3 Stakes Featured at Hawthorne Race Course   April 14th, 2008
Two Grade 3 events, The Bill Hartack Memorial Handicap and The Sixty Sails Handicap will...

• Recapturetheglory Convincing Winner of Illinois Derby   April 5th, 2008
On a beautiful spring Saturday afternoon at Hawthorne Race Course, Recapturetheglory...

• Distorted Groom and La Wildcat steal away in Sprint Stakes   April 5th, 2008
In the stakes races preceding the Illinois Derby, Saturday at Hawthorne Race Course, the name of the...

• Two Stakes Sprints on Illinois Derby Undercard   April 4th, 2008
The supporting undercard on Illinois Derby Day will feature two six furlong stakes, one comprising...

• Local Horsemen set for Illinois Derby   April 3rd, 2008
John Wainwright is a practical man, and he realizes his entry in the Illinois Derby, Instill...

• Facts and Information-51st Illinois Derby   April 3rd, 2008
Hawthorne Race Course will offer a guaranteed $50,000 Pick 4 pool on the Illinois Derby card...

• 3:00 Post Time on Friday, April 4   April 3rd, 2008
Just a reminder...Friday's first post is 3:00 pm

• The Illinois Derby Contenders   April 2nd, 2008
Granted, calling anyone a contender or a pretender is a result of personal handicapping...

• Denis of Cork Headlines 51st Illinois Derby   March 31st, 2008
The undefeated Denis of Cork was installed the morning line 2-1 favorite, and will head a field...

• Final Nominations for the 51st Illinois Derby   March 26th, 2008
Entries for the 51st Illinois Derby won’t be drawn until Monday, March 31, but from the looks...

• Winter Weather Prevails as Hawthorne Cancels After Four Races   March 21st, 2008
Mother Nature refuses to allow spring to prevail…not yet anyway.

• Thursday’s Early Pick-Four starts with $11,948   March 10th, 2008
A few hard-to-fathom longshots in Monday’s early pick-four got the best of everyone...

• An Opening Day Success at Hawthorne   March 7th, 2008
Hawthorne Race Course kicked off its 2008 spring meet in grand style, providing the full fields it promised and showing...

• Hawthorne and TVG Reach Multi-Year Agreement   March 7th, 2008
TVG, America’s Horseracing Network, and Hawthorne Race Course announced today that they have entered into a multiyear agreement for...

• Full Fields on Friday for Spring Opener   March 5th, 2008
Sure, it’s not quite spring, and since Hawthorne Race Course is located in the heart of Chicago...

• Hawthorne Featured on Comcast SportsNite!   February 29th, 2008
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• Horses A-Plenty for Spring Opening   February 29th, 2008
When Hawthorne Race Course was granted January racing days by the Illinois Racing Board...

• No Quit in Randy Meier as Hawthorne Prepares to Re-Open   February 27th, 2008
“Stay down Randy, stay down!” Those were probably the thoughts of numerous fans...

• Instill, Wainright Forging Ahead   February 15th, 2008
It may still be premature to say that Illinois Futurity winner Instill is on the Triple Crown trail...

• Early Nominations Strong for Illinois Derby   February 12th, 2008
We won’t get too far ahead of ourselves with more than seven weeks to go before the April 5...

• Ye-Olde-Has-Beens   February 11th, 2008
It's time for the Ole'-Has-Beens to get together and enjoy an afternoon of

• Strong Close Caps Hawthorne Fall Meet   January 17th, 2008
Buoyed by 10 extra races days in January, Hawthorne Race Course closed its fall/winter Thoroughbred meet with encouraging...

• Thornton, Kirby Nail down Titles   January 14th, 2008
Chris Emigh won the final race of Hawthorne Race Course’s fall meet aboard the Frank Kirby trained...

• Holiday Home Stretch Prize Winners   January 13th, 2008
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• Thornton Fires Back, Regains Jockey Lead   January 11th, 2008
Entering Friday's ten-race card at Hawthorne, 21 year old jockey Tim Thornton trailed Chris Emigh...

• Hawthorne’s Holiday Homestretch…Approaching Finish Line!   January 10th, 2008
Saturday, January 12, is the penultimate racing day of Hawthorne Race Course’s Fall Meet and it's...

• Hawthorne Concludes Meet this Weekend with Titles on the Line   January 9th, 2008
Following Wednesday’s racing, four racing days remained in the Hawthorne Fall Meet, which conclude...

• Six Days Remain...Jockey and Trainer Titles Still Undetermined   January 5th, 2008
As noted on Thursday, the jockey's riding title for the Hawthorne fall meet became a legitimate...

• Emigh Wins Six, Closes in on Thornton   January 4th, 2008
Not one to shy away from competition, veteran jockey Chris Emigh more or less said "not yet"...

• Hawthorne's Holiday Home Stretch   January 2nd, 2008
Hawthorne is giving away $20,000 in prizes to close out the winter meet!

• High Winds Force Sunday Cancellation   December 23rd, 2007
Due to high winds expected to continue through the racing day, Hawthorne has cancelled its Sunday...

• Friday's Hawthorne Card Cancelled Following Double   December 21st, 2007
Hawthorne Race Course cancelled the remainder of its race card follwing the second race due to

• Instill Draws Away in Jim Edgar Illinois Futurity   December 16th, 2007
Prominent from the start, Sharon Morgan’s Instill overtook pacesetter P D Q Kiddo on the far turn...

• Thursday Card Cancelled after Second Race   December 14th, 2007
Due to wet track conditions, Hawthorne Racecourse was forced to cancel the remainder....

• Jim Edgar Illinois Futurity: A ‘Bear’ of a Race   December 13th, 2007
Assistant General Manager and odds maker Jim Miller installed River Bear the 7-2 morning line...

• Hawthorne’s 2008 Stakes Program Features Grade II ‘Gold Cup’   December 12th, 2007
Hawthorne Race Course announced its 2008 stakes schedule after final approval from the Illinois Racing Board...

• Block Entry One-Two In Pat Whitworth Illinois Debutante   December 9th, 2007
The $64,000 question going in to the Pat Whitworth Illinois Debutante was which two-year old filly...

• Speedy Fillies Try to Stretch Out in Illinois Debutante   December 8th, 2007
Carts Italian Rose and Carbella have both proven they can run fast…very fast. But can they...

• Jockeys Continue Recovery from Spill   December 2nd, 2007
16 year old apprentice jockey Lyndie Wade continues to make progress from a scary spill...

• “A Dream Comes True”: Female African-American Jockey Scores First Victory   December 1st, 2007
For eight races, the feature story at Hawthorne Race Course was the blustery pre-winter conditions...

• One Mile and Nine-Sixteenths on Grass=New World Record   November 16th, 2007
When Hawthorne’s eighth race is declared official, a new world record will be established...

• Alright guys, it's the day after Thanksgiving...   November 15th, 2007
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• Over $200,000 in Hawthorne Late Pick-Four   November 15th, 2007
Thanks to a two day carryover, the late pick-four at Hawthorne Race Course provided horse players with a jackpot...

• Longshots Rule On Phil Georgeff Day   November 3rd, 2007
Wagering expectations were not met by the majority of horseplayers at Hawthorne on Saturday, November 3.

• Phil Georgeff Festival of Racing: A Celebration of Illinois Thoroughbreds   November 1st, 2007
When the “Voice of Chicago Racing” called his last race on December 31, 1992, legendary track...

• New Breeders’ Cup Races Feature Local Talent   October 24th, 2007
It is the 24th year for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, but it is year one for three...

• Bold Hawk Edges Out Twilight Meteor in 43rd Hawthorne Derby   October 13th, 2007
Bold Hawk, a well bred gelded son of the great race mare Tribulation, got a nice ground saving trip...

• Top Sophomores Clash in 43rd Hawthorne Derby   October 13th, 2007
In the Hawthorne Derby of 2004, Klaravich Stables’ Bankruptcy Court cut the corner...

• A Look Back at the Grade 3 Hawthorne Derby   October 11th, 2007
As the weather finally begins to resemble the usual cooler progression from summer to autumn...

• 1492…Columbus Day Treat for Hunch Players   October 8th, 2007
It wasn’t the Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria that sailed to the finish line in the Columbus Day...

• Student Council Victorious in Gold Cup   September 29th, 2007
After winning the Grade 1, Pacific Classic in his last start, Millennium Farms’ Student Council, was mostly given credit for showing his affinity for Polytrack..

• Field Set for 71st Running of Hawthorne Gold Cup   September 26th, 2007
Millennium Farm’s Student Council, fresh off an upset win in the Grade 1, Pacific Classic at Del Mar, was installed the 5-2 morning line favorite in a field of six...