The future of racing at Hawthorne Race Course in south suburban Stickney is in jeopardy.

The Illinois Racing Board has suspended the license of Suburban Downs, operator of harness racing at Hawthorne Racecourse, ...

Regulator says suburban Chicago track has not provided documentation demonstrating its financial integrity ...

Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association says its members do not have access to upwards of $900,000 in purse money they are ...

In a statement posted on Thursday, Jan. 22, the Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association notified participants that racing for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Illinois Racing Board has ordered financially strapped Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Ill., to cease live horse racing and ...

Nearly six years ago Illinois lawmakers granted Hawthorne Race Course in southwest suburban Stickney the rights to build a casino at the track, and they also received veto power to turn down other ...

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ITHA said it is incumbent on Hawthorne's owners to demonstrate that their financial condition is "sufficient to support ...

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, still hasn’t ...

Horse racing fans planning on betting on the Kentucky Derby at Hawthorne Race Course windows this year may have to go online instead. As of Tuesday, Hawthorne — the only horse track in the Chicago ...

A veterinarian in Illinois filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging Hawthorne Race Course and other officials there allowed horses they knew to be injured, sick, or lame to run in races over a ...