MELROSE PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- It's the end of an era for Illinois harness racing, as Maywood Park held its final race before closing Friday night. Horses have been racing here since 1946, but casinos ...

On Friday night the finish line will come down, the horses stalled and harness racing at Maywood Park will cease. At the end of the year, so will harness racing at Balmoral Park. A decision by the ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- The assets of a pair of long-running Chicago area harness racing tracks are being auctioned off Monday. Balmoral Park and Maywood Park's equipment will be auctioned off by ...

The Windy City will play host to the Big Apple in team harness racing Friday night at Maywood Park. Hall of Fame drivers Herve Filion and Carmine Abbatiello are scheduled to lead Team New York against ...

With no acceptable offers received to keep two Chicago-area harness racing tracks running, the operators of Balmoral Park and Maywood Park will auction off the assets of the tracks Monday. The sale, ...

Chicago is a sports-obsessed city. That obsession has no limits, and it expands beyond the four major sports into areas like harness racing. Maywood Park Racetrack, just 17 miles from downtown Chicago ...

The Illinois Racing Board, over the strong objections of horsemen groups, approved an application from Maywood Park July 25 to act as its own Advance Deposit Wagering licensee. The sometimes ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS)-- It's a sport that has no off-season. Nearly every Thursday and Friday, every week of the year -- since 1946, in fact -- there has been harness racing at Maywood Park, a one ...

Bankrupt and without racing dates for 2016, Maywood Park held its last harness race on Friday night. Maywood Park ushered in parimutuel betting on standardbred racing in Illinois in 1946 and, over the ...

Maywood Park's "Graveyard of Champions" claimed another victim on Halloween Night as Allamerican Captor trounced the No. 1-ranked harness horse in the country -- Triple Crown winner No Pan Intended -- ...

The Illinois Racing Board Sept. 29 voted to consolidate all 2016 Chicago-area racing at Arlington International Racecourse and Hawthorne Race Course, averting potential draconian cuts at both those ...

Maywood, April 8, 2010 Horses race to the finish on Thursday night at Maywood Park. Share BY LARRY HAMEL For the Sun-Times Bankrupt and without racing dates for 2016, Maywood Park held its last ...