Main Track: One Mile oval.
Turf Course: Seven Furlongs.
Distance from last turn to finish line: 1,320 feet.
Post Times
1:10 p.m.
Exotic Wagering Format
$1. Daily Double on 1st, 8th races.
$1. Exacta on all races.
$1. Trifecta on all races.
$1. “Rolling” Pick 3 starting with 1st race.
$1. Superfecta on races 2 through 10.
$1. Pick Six beginning on 3rd race.
$1. Pick Fours: the first starts on 2nd race, the second starts on 6th on 9 race card, 7th on 10 race card.
Takeout Information
Win, place, and show: 15%
Daily Double and Exacta: 17.5%
Trifecta, Pick 3, Pick 4 and Superfecta: 23%
Pick 6: 25%
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Hawthorne Race Course, Inc.
3501 South Laramie Avenue
Stickney/Cicero, Illinois 60804
Street Address:
3501 South Laramie Avenue
Stickney/Cicero, Illinois 60804
Telephone: (708) 780-3700
Fax: General Office (708) 780-3677; Racing Office (708) 780-3757; Simulcasting (708) 780-3790; Press Box (708) 780-3753
Website: www.hawthorneracecourse.com
Hawthorne Race Course was opened by Edward Corrigan in 1891, but was force to close briefly after suffering fatal damage in a 1902 fire. It was re-opened later that year, but suffered many setbacks in Prohibition-era Chicago in the late-1910s. It was given new life after finally being able to open legally in 1922, The track began to see tremendous growth and the creation of the Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap in 1929 was a major coup for the track.
Hawthorne combined harness and quarter horse racing with its thoroughbred schedule in 1970, but suffered another devastating fire in 1978, which caused Hawthorne to close for two years. It also hosted Arlington Park events in 1985 after a fire on those grounds. Those two tracks are considered the best racetracks in the state of Illinois.
Stakes Races Hawthorne Gold Cup (Gr. 2) Illinois Derby (Gr. 2) Hawthorne Derby (Gr. 3) National Jockey Club (Gr. 3) Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap (Gr. 3) Sixty Sails Handicap (Gr. 3) The Broadway Tax Buck's Boy Handicap The Chicago Chicagoland Handicap The Cubs Pacing Series The Determination Plus The Dunkster Trotting Series The Erwin F. Dygert Memorial Open Trot The Fox Valley Dynamic The Fox Valley Evita Governor’s Lady Handicap The Gumcorner Lad Honey Mark Stakes Hula Chief Stakes Illini Princess Handicap Jim Edgar Illinois Futurity The Lady Chicago Lady Hallie Stakes Land of Lincoln Stakes Lightning Jet Handicap Lost Code Stakes The Master Shawn Merry Colleen Stakes Meafara Stakes Milwaukee Avenue Handicap Pat Whitworth Illinois Debutante Peach of It Handicap The Plesac Powerless Handicap Regal Rumor Stakes The Robert F. Carey, Jr. Memorial Open Pace Showtime Deb Stakes The Sox Pacing Series The Star Slinger Sun Power Stakes War Emblem Stakes
