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Six Stakes Offered at Hawthorne Nov. 3

Six Stakes Offered at Hawthorne Nov. 3

On a day when the Illinois Thoroughbred gets some undivided attention, the six $100,000 stakes for horses foaled and/or conceived in the Prairie State will offer a variety of challenges for the average handicapper. Here is a closer look at the 2007 edition of the Phil Georgeff Festival of Racing to be held Nov. 3.

 Thursday, November 01, 2007

Illinois Champs Featured in Prairie State Races

Four Illinois divisional champions from 2004 are prominent among 65 horses entered for the six $75,000-added stakes races that comprise the sixth annual Prairie State Festival to be held Saturday at Arlington Park.

 Thursday, June 23, 2005

Nine Entered in Illinois Derby

With few standouts to emerge on the Kentucky Derby trail, a field of nine will be headed to Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby (gr. II) Hawthorne Park to see if they are the next to jump up and make a splash in the 3-year-old division.

 Tuesday, April 05, 2005