After years of financial turmoil, Hawthorne Race Course filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Chicago on Friday in an effort to restructure the 135-year-old institution’s debt, save dozens of jobs and, ...

The Stickney race track has struggled to secure an investor to build up its casino games since Illinois' gambling expansion law passed in 2019. Hawthorne President Tim Carey said the bankruptcy filing ...

Hawthorne files Chapter 11 as horsemen report hundreds of thousands in bounced checks and the spring meet hangs in the ...

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

Hawthorne Race Course filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Feb. 27 in federal bankruptcy court in Chicago, seeking a reorganization.

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 ...

The official release from Hawthorne is as follows: ...

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

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

Chicago-area horse racing faces a potential life-or-death deadline in mid-February as Hawthorne Race Course officials struggle to overcome a financial crisis that has left horsemen and others unable ...