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Columbus, OH — The 2023 U.S. Trotting Association’s Board of Directors annual harness racing meeting kicked off on Friday (March 10) with the Marketing and Communications Committee presentation led by Marketing and Communications Committee co-chairpersons Jim Miller and Ashley Tetrick as well as USTA staff members Dan Leary, Wendy Ross and Kyle Creditt. The first […]
STICKNEY, IL – With just one week to the Night of Champions at Hawthorne Race Course, the harness racing has been fast and furious between the Illinois State Fairs along with preps and eliminations for next weekend’s finals. As the summer season comes to a close, there have been some excellent performances around the Hawthorne […]
STICKNEY, IL – With harness racing at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield beginning next week, the top Illinois-bred horses are ready to put on a show in front of the huge state fair crowds. As the abbreviated summer harness season at Hawthorne nears the halfway point, a split of the Night of Champions races […]
STICKNEY, IL – With split racing schedules between harness racing and thoroughbred meets at Hawthorne in 2022, Standardbred horsemen are reminded that stakes nominations for the two-year-old Night of Champions races must be postmarked by March 15, 2022. This year Hawthorne will conduct a split series of races as well. In July, eliminations will be […]
STICKNEY, IL – The best in the state of Illinois will be taking to the harness racing track on Saturday night at Hawthorne Race Course for the Night of Champions. Horses have been compiling points throughout the season, leading to the meet finale as 11 stakes races will be taking place with more than $1 […]
STICKNEY, IL – With a growing carryover that is approaching $200,000, the Jackpot tag will be removed from the Hi-5 wager at Hawthorne Race Course on Saturday night as a mandatory payout will be put in place. The Jackpot Hi-5 wager at Hawthorne has not been won by a single winner in over a month […]
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 […]
