Racing at Hawthorne gets back underway on Thursday with a nine-race card. In Episode 87 of Chicago Race of the Day, let’s take a dive into Thursday’s finale: a $4,000 maiden claimer (no, I haven’t seen any of those in recent years at Hawthorne, either!) that drew a ten-horse field to go five and a half furlongs on the dirt. Those can be chaotic races, so let’s find a logical longshot!

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