Hawthorne Race Course has been beset by financial troubles, including liens seeking to recover unpaid debts, and its inability to open a proposed new casino.

Bounced checks are the latest problem to beset financially beleaguered Hawthorne Race Course.

More bounced checks to Standardbred horsemen and alleged failure by the Chicago-area track to secure bonds for 2026 prompted ...

The issuance of 2026 organization licenses for Hawthorne and Suburban Downs applies to betting at the track, advance deposit ...

The live cards of harness racing slated for this weekend (Jan. 3 and 4) at Hawthorne Race Course have been cancelled due to ...

Horse racing faces an uncertain future in Illinois, and nowhere is that uncertainty more profoundly felt than at Hawthorne ...

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

The Chicago-area’s longest-operating horse-racing track is being sued along with state regulators for allegedly allowing dozens of horses to race despite medical diagnoses from a now-terminated track ...

Hawthorne Race Course has resurrected the Illinois Derby in hopes it will be a step toward reviving interest in Illinois racing. Racing in the state has been hampered in recent years after the closure ...

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 ...

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 ...

After previously stating that racing would resume in Illinois this weekend, the Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association (IHHA ...