Jul. 17—LOWVILLE — The Lewis County Fair, in its 202nd year, exists because of horse racing, but for the second year in a row, the iconic harness racing event has been canceled by the state ...

The annual Great American Weekend festivities will once again include the popular three-day harness racing meet at Goshen Historic Track. Gates open at 11 a.m. and action kicks off at 1 p.m. on Friday ...

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’t ...

COSHOCTON − A longtime staple of the Coshocton County Fair that many might consider a hidden gem is the harness racing. Races were held on the grandstand track Tuesday and Wednesday. Harness racing ...

A new horse racing track could be coming to Macon County. After a bill passed the state senate on Thursday, people are weighing the pros and cons of bringing a casino and a harness racing-track to ...

An iconic New Jersey racetrack announced that it will be closing after 170 years. Freehold Raceway first opened in 1854. The nation’s oldest daytime harness racing track still running will end racing ...

More than three years after Scarborough Downs closed the chapter on 70 years of live harness racing, the sport is still going strong in southern Maine, led by local investors with a long-term plan to ...

A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would allow a harness racetrack crammed with 1,200 slot machines in Richton Park.

For Ronnie Gillespie, the path to success can be summed up in two words: faith and patience. Faith led the Mississippi native to step away from his job in construction and become a harness racing ...

Freehold Raceway — the oldest operating racetrack in the country — is ceasing all live racing and simulcast operations at the end of the year, racetrack officials announced Thursday. The last day at ...