Dan Ross continues his coverage of the developing situation with Hawthorne and Illinois racing as silence remains the ...

Horsemen are uncertain whether Thoroughbred racing will return to Hawthorne Racecourse in Illinois as scheduled in March ...

The Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (ITHA) notified members on Feb. 16 that the track conversion at Hawthorne Racecourse is underway, but noted that "Hawthorne has yet to provide the ITHA ...

Horse owners say checks to them from Hawthorne have been bouncing. The suburban course's general manager said at the Illinois ...

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

Horse racing was never really a glamorous business at Hawthorne Race Course. Built in 1891, it’s a hardscrabble, little track tucked into an industrial zone just outside Chicago, a companion venue to ...

During the Illinois Racing Board meeting on Jan. 28, assistant general manager John Walsh offered a vague statement of optimism that Hawthorne is close to a deal with an unnamed partner on a casino – ...

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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 ...

Racketeering claims filed in a lawsuit against Hawthorne Race Course by a fired veterinarian were dismissed by a federal court judge who concluded the allegations do not meet required legal thresholds ...

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 ...