Old Picture of Hawthorne Race Track

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
Data from: en.wikipedia.org