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Ominous skies loomed over Hawthorne Race Course much of the day on Saturday (Oct. 14) evening but the rains cleared as the track was listed as good for Night of Champions. Twelve stakes finals were contested as the best in the state of Illinois lined up with nearly $1.2 million in purses on the line.

Harness racing Secretary Robin Schadt has put together one of the best programs Hawthorne Racecourse has seen in recent years. The reason, says the seasoned race tracker, who divides her duties and time between Hawthorne and Cal-Expo, is simple. “Due to the legislative casino approval, this is the first time in a very long time

The top Illinois-bred horses will be competing for more than $1 million in purses on Saturday, Oct. 14 as 12 stakes events will be contested during Night of Champions at Hawthorne.

When a young filly wins 10 of her 12 freshman starts, multiple stakes, earns $129,722 and goes on to win divisional honours, you would think that she’ll be the star attraction of her barn.

After sweeping the Breeders Crown elimination and final, three-year-old trotting colt King Of The North continued his late season streak winning the $200,000 Carl Erskine, one of four Grand Circuit stakes featured on Friday night (Nov. 4) at Hoosier Park.

Grand Circuit action once again returned to Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing and Casino with Circle City Stakes highlighting the 14-race Friday night card. Favourites reigned supreme with impressive efforts in the three-year-old stakes, but Cash Infusion stole the show with a track record performance in the sophomore filly trot.   

Super Bowl Champion linebacker Devin White of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was onsite at Hawthorne Race Course on Sunday evening (June 27) to watch the debut races of a pair of trotters he owns in partnership. Both were competing in leg-one stakes action at Hawthorne over a fast track. In Race 2 on Sunday, 2-year-old colt First And Goal debuted in leg one of The Kadabra for Illinois-bred trotters. Owned in partnership by Devin White and Adam Hawthorne, First And Goal was guided to the early lead by...