Hawthorne Race Track is a 119-acre horse racing track located near Chicago in Cicero, IL. Hawthorne Race Track is one of the most famous horse tracks in the state of Illinois. It is the oldest continually-run family-owned racetrack in North America. The track has a one-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval and a seven-furlong turf oval. The main track homestretch is 1,320 feet, one of the longest in the country. In 2009, Hawthorne was ranked #8 out of 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America by the Horseplayers Association of North America.

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3501 South Laramie Avenue, Cicero, IL   US