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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: SPREE2015 on February 06, 2026, 11:50:23 PM
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Unfortunately it appears HAWTHORNE RACE COURSE NEWS isnt GOOD
With less then 10 days to go the BILLS are Not being PAID
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10 days to go before what??
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10 days to go before what??
OUT OF BUISNESS
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Feb 16
Hawthorne. Sold or closed
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Feb 16
Hawthorne. Sold or closed
Unfortunately leaning towards CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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It’s not like there’s much to close down. They have less then half a grandstand there filled with bums betting 20 cent supers with change they got from people out of the streets and scum bags who haven’t showered in 2 months. Better yet just burn that aids infested rat hole to the ground with Tim Carey inside of it.
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It’s not like there’s much to close down. They have less then half a grandstand there filled with bums betting 20 cent supers with change they got from people out of the streets and scum bags who haven’t showered in 2 months. Better yet just burn that aids infested rat hole to the ground with Tim Carey inside of it.
ITS A FCKIN DISGRACE THEY CAN CALL THIS PLACE A RACE TRACK,,
COMPLETE FCKIN DUMP..
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More then a dump Rocco,
Place is a fucken disgrace.
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Another state run by democratic morons. What do you expect? Chicago is a disgrace. Apparently they blame everyone else for their problems.
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If Carey doesn't show financial stability-----and that bar will get higher as time goes on-----the suspended license should go to revoked. I also think there's a chance the track will be forced into receivership. There are rumors that there is already a creditor's committee. I am guessing Carey wants money, but doesn't want to give up control. With nobody to bail him out, it's a Lehman Brothers fiasco.
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TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ?????
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Jo know he has a long list of people and companies that he hasn’t paid but what about the bounced checks to the horseman? Is that a criminal offense? How has he skated this long without charges brought against him. Deceptive practice in the neighborhood of $1 million dollars? I know a guy who bounced a $12,000 check and was charged with a felony and rightfully so.
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checks were written on carey's business account, namely, hawthorne or maybe suburban downs? but in any case his business is incorporated which protects him from personal liability...the horsemen whose checks bounced need to go after the corporation to be made whole....
unfortunately, unless carey finds a deal with someone who will acquire hawthorne's debt, the people who hawthorne owes are in for a long legal battle and likely will never get paid...
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also, news came out a couple days ago about a bill being proposed to illinois state lawmakers,,,copied below...
it's a confusing read to me but i read it as there are cost savings for hawthorne which would be picked up by the state if hawthorne was to move forward with opening the casino...this would indicate to me that hawthorne may have a partner, but the partner wants some legislation approved before buying in...
of course...no input or opinions or explanations on this news from the IHHA - tony spumoni is flat out useless and is stealing money taking a salary as IHHA leader and adding zero to their interests...
State Representatives Lisa Hernandez and Bob Rita today filed House Bill 5469 (https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5469...) to provide parity in the Illinois horse racing industry and support horsemen and their families, following the closure of several Chicagoland area racetracks in the past few years.
House Bill 5469 was filed today by Reps. Hernandez and Rita to provide parity in the horse racing industry as south suburban Hawthorne Race Course has been left to shoulder the vast majority of costs to continue operating the sport in Illinois, provide jobs to horsemen and the industry, and support horsemen and their families living in the backstretch.
Since 1891, Hawthorne Race Course has operated in Stickney as the oldest sporting venue in Illinois for the oldest sport in America. Following the closures of Maywood Park and Balmoral Park in 2016, Hawthorne took the reins to resume harness racing at significant cost and saved hundreds of horsemen businesses and thousands of horsemen jobs in the process.
In 2022, when Churchill Downs shocked the Illinois racing industry by announcing the unprecedented closure of Arlington Park, Hawthorne undertook the sole responsibility of underwriting the industry in northern Illinois. To this day, the industry requires the continued operation of Hawthorne, which is one of the only starting gates left in Illinois and the only track in the country that offers both thoroughbred and harness racing.
HB 5469 would put in place several key changes, including:
- Reduce the initial per position cost for a Cook County racetrack casino to be equal to the per-position cost of Illinois’ only other operating racetrack, Fairmount Park.
Provide parity by extending the time period for racetracks to pay full gaming licensing fees.
- Require the state to fund horsemen purses, as already required by law, as well as fund a one-time, three-year purse payment to retroactively compensate Hawthorne for purse payments already made.
- Extend the time period that racetracks can continue to receive certain benefits in Illinois law after a casino begins operation, and importantly, require tracks to improve backstretch conditions through capital improvements during this time.
- Equalize contribution requirements for racetracks to fund medical, dental and social services programs for horsemen employees working and living in racetrack backstretches.
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Bob Rita is. A jagoff
Fck Hawthorne
Bill is circulating.
Has to be passed.
Nobody is investing in a dump unless Timmy toes gets bought out
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https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Proposed_bill_would_lower_financial_barriers_to_Hawthorne_racino_123
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What an awful bill. Hawthorne had its chance. Any bill giving one entity an advantage is garbage. I assume payoffs. Do away with the Hawthorne monopoly.
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i believe hawthorne has a partner waiting in the wings but only if this bill passes....
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ALMOST OVER
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VERY LITTLE CHANCE FOR HAWTHORNE TO STAY OPEN
ANY NEWS
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I'm hoping Lucpark can put together a group of wealthy owners to lease Hawthorne from the State and show the world that smart, honest people can operate a successful track.
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I'm hoping Lucpark can put together a group of wealthy owners to lease Hawthorne from the State and show the world that smart, honest people can operate a successful track.
I hope he doesn't forget us...
Mens / Ladies
Room (Toilet)
Plop Here on the door ngc3
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I have heard they filed for bankruptcy today
Racing is over
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I have heard they filed for bankruptcy today
Racing is over
If this is true
Carey did this not to pay creditors and horseman
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I wonder how he's going to pay Terry Dunleavy (if that's where he wanted to go). There is a creditors' committee. Let's see if he filed.....or was forced.
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What's the difference between a bankrupt 3 toes and a pigeon?
A pigeon can still leave a deposit on a corvette. ;D
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The word out there is Tim Carey was embarrassed we exposed him with all his gay acts so he doesn’t want to be seen around anymore.
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WHY WERE YOU SEEN IN BOYSTOWN SUCKING COCK FOR EXTRA MONEY?!?! ARE YOU BROKE?
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BEGGING WORTHLESS SENATORS TO HELP PAY OFF HIS DEBTORS THAT BILL WILL NEVER PASS
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BANKRUPTCY IS VERY NEAR MAYBE HERE
TIMMY THREE TOES TOOK DOWN A TRACK THATS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER A CENTURY
THATS A VERY LONG TIME
8 YRS IN CHARGE THIS FUCKIN EMBICELE BUSTED A RACE TRACK ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
IM 63 YRS OLD IVE NEVER HEARD OF A RACE TRACK BOUNCING CKS,,
RACE TRACKS ARE LIKE THE US MINT....THEY REAL
THEY CKS IS MONEY REAL MONEY TAKE IT TO THE BANK
EXCEPT CKS SIGNED BY TIMMY THREE TOES ngc3 ngc3 THYE BOUNCE LIKE BASKETBALLS ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
TIMMY FCKIN THREE TOES,,,,,WHAT AN EMBARRESSMENT
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You do know only absolute dbags type in allcaps. Trust me Ruffolo you aren't that important.
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You do know only absolute dbags type in allcaps. Trust me Ruffolo you aren't that important.
I'm not a caps fan, but he breaks it up into small sentences which is just fine, and while my vision is good not every nostalgia plopper's is so it benefits others too.
Do you ever laugh, smile, because bitching, moaning and complaining is a tough life, sounds like you're in pain and about to expire ngc3
Multiple consecutive posts sound like you're fighting for your life ngc3
Find something good to argue about, and we'll all laugh while I tear you a new asshole, that'll will give you 3...an inside outside PLOP record tmbz1
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