Pari-mutuel racing opportunities for harness horses in Illinois continued to shrink when the Illinois Racing Board drafted the 2026 schedule on Thursday (Sept. 18). Hawthorne Race Course’s Suburban ...
The Circus Maximus began around 600 BC and endured for approximately 1,100 years. The first spectators attended races before ...
The sport of harness racing has been around for centuries. Trotting racing in the United States began in 1788, it was ...
I just heard that two great Hall of Fame Communicators have had their run ended at Goshen Historic Track — yes, that iconic ...
Ken Mathieson’s nearly four decades as a hobby horseman have taught him plenty about the game, and by extension, life itself.
More than 60 years after tagging along with his father to Greenwood Raceway, standardbred breeder, owner, philanthropist and ...
An aptly-named “stalking horse” is in pursuit of Hawthorne Race Course. In bankruptcy court jargon, according to legalclarity ...
I wrestled with what to write about Ellen Taylor on her Communicators Hall of Fame induction weekend. First, I wanted to ...
To the harness racing world, James MacDonald stands among the sport’s most revered and respected figures. To soon-to-be ...
How did we get to Opening Night in 1976 as harness racing took center stage in the New York Metropolitan Area? “Be There At The Start Of Something Big” was plastered on many a billboard. New Jersey, ...
Free Willy Hanover (7, 1:53s; $734,892) was foaled on Feb. 1, 2013, 20 years after the release of the 1993 movie Free Willy.
When Dr. John “Tad” Egloff, 84, is inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, NY, this evening (July 5), there ...