Starting Sunday, Chicago’s three harness racing tracks–Balmoral Park, Maywood Park and Hawthorne Race Course–will spend three months playing musical sulkies. The unprecedented schedule will have Hawthorne racing on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday; Balmoral on Tuesday and Saturday; and Maywood on Thursday. Hitherto, sister tracks Balmoral and Maywood had divided the racing week, and they will resume that arrangement after Hawthorne ends its 48-night meeting on Aug. 26. Post time at the three tracks is 7:40 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 6:30 p.m. at Hawthorne on Sundays.
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%% THE MAIN EVENTS FROM SUNDAY-AUG. 27
DATE TRACK RACE
June 16 Maywood $100,000 Maywood Filly Pace for Illinois-breds
June 17 Hawthorne $100,000 Dygert Memorial Trot
June 23 Maywood $100,000 Maywood Pace for Illinois-breds
July 19 Balmoral $140,000 American-National 2-yr-old filly pace
July 23 Balmoral $150,000 American-National 2-yr-old colt pace
July 30 Balmoral $250,000 American-National 3-yr-old colt pace
Aug. 5 Hawthorne Night of champions: 8 $100,000 races*
Aug. 26 Hawthorne $100,000 Carey Memorial Pace
Aug. 27 Balmoral $200,000 American-National 3-yr-old colt trot
*–for Illinois-breds
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