Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Of the top ten, Hawthorne was ranked No. 8.
Location: Stickney, Illinois · United States
Owned by: Carey Family
Opened: 1891
Race type: Thoroughbred Horse Racing Spring & Fall