Casey Leonard scores #3,000

STICKNEY, IL – On a beautiful Saturday night at Hawthorne Race Course, driver Casey Leonard earned his 3,000th driving victory of his harness racing career.

The 43-year-old, District 5 USTA Director, Leonard won race two with Cracklin Rosie for owners Terry Leonard, Peter Kouchis and George Dremonas and trainer Terry Leonard.

Leonard’s driving career began in 1996, winning two races from 33 drives on that year. It wasn’t until 2009 when Leonard began driving full time. Leonard won no less than 149 races in any year during an 11-year span from 2010 – 2020. 2013 was Leonard’s top season as he won 407 races on the year from 2,517 drives for $2,846,373 in earnings. During his driving career, Leonard’s drives have earned over $19 million.

During the current Hawthorne summer harness meeting, Leonard is the meet’s leading driver, holding a ten win margin in the standings.

CRACKLIN ROSIE REPLAY

The summer Suburban Downs at Hawthorne harness meet began Friday, May 7 and races every Friday-Sunday until September 26.  First post nightly is 7:10 PM. Beginning in June, post time on Sunday night will be 6:30 PM.

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by Jim Miller, for Hawthorne Race Course