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Phil Georgeff (/ ˌ dʒ ɔːr ˈ dʒ ɛ f /) (January 1, 1931 – November 7, 2016) was a racetrack announcer from the Chicago area.. Known as "the voice of Chicago racing," he called races at venues including Arlington Park, Hawthorne Race Course, and Sportsman's Park from 1959 to 1992.
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.
The Illinois Derby is a race for Thoroughbred horses for three-year-olds run over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois, just west of Chicago in early April each year. The event was first run in 1923 at the Hawthorne Race Course. The purse is $250,000.
The 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic takes place on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 6:40 p.m. ET / 3:40 p.m. ET. Competed across 1¼ miles, this race features male and female horses three-years old and older ...
Illinois enacted a sweeping law in 2019 to allow casinos at horse racing tracks, known as racinos. Nearly five years later, Hawthorne Race Course, a main beneficiary of the legislation, still hasn ...
Articles relative to Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, United States. Pages in category "Hawthorne Race Course" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Hawthorne Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1965 at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois near Chicago. Raced in October, it is open to three-year-old horses. In 2024, it was contested for a purse of $150,000 over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on turf. [1]
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