Author: Eric Wing

Michael Somich Earns $32,000 in $80,000 Belmont Stakes Day Tourney; Jon Petoskey Records Triumphs on Back-to-Back Days; Two Victories Each for Anthony Trezza and Dylan Donnelly (Weekly Recap June 17-21)

These spectator-less Triple Crown days work just fine for Michael Somich.

Special $50,000 Guaranteed Cash Tourney and Dual Qualifiers to The BIG One Highlight Belmont Stakes Weekend

It’s not the first leg of the Triple Crown we’re used to, but it’s the one we’ve got—and we stand ready to try and supercharge it a bit with a special $50,000 Guaranteed cash game to go along with Saturday’s customary $25,000 cash game. They’re part of featured-tourney weekend offering a whopping $119,500 in Guaranteed […]

Saturday and Sunday Qualifiers to The BIG One Now Scheduled Each Week

Weekly qualifying to The BIG One has taken place for much of the year. So far, 21 of the 50 allotted spots to the September 19-20 tournament — which will now take place online here rather than onsite at Laurel — have been won. That leaves 29 spots to fill and three months to fill […]

Dylan Donnelly Picks 10 Winners Out of 12 Races En Route to Four Sunday Triumphs; Big Victories for NHC Champs Judy Wagner, Scott Coles; Victor Mendes Sr. Heading to Spa & Surf Showdown (Weekly Recap June 10-14)

On May 22, Dylan Donnelly won our $21,000 cash game by selecting seven winners out of 10 races. Little did we know, he was just getting warmed up.

New Xpressbet Belmont Stakes Challenge Qualifier Among 21 Featured Tourneys This Weekend; Seven Guaranteed NHC Seats, $68,000 in Guaranteed Cash Up For Grabs

Right on the heels of last Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby Challenge, Xpressbet has another online event coming up—the Belmont Stakes Challenge on June 20. You can win a $3,000 entry to it here on Sunday. It’s one of 21 featured tourneys on tap this weekend. The featured fun begins on Friday.

Special Belmont Stakes Day Cash Games and Racing from the United Kingdom and Ireland Now Available at HorseTourneys

A special menu of “Belmont-only” cash games will be available to HorseTourneys players when the Grade I, $1 million Belmont Stakes is contested on Saturday, June 20.

Evan Trommer the Only Person to Capture More than One First Prize as Chalky Wednesday and Sunday Lead to Many Different Paths to Victory; A 90-1 Shot Shakes Things Up on Saturday, Though (Weekly Recap June 3-7)

Like packages of toilet paper during a pandemic, grand prizes at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers last week were essentially limited to one to a customer. The only player to skirt the guidelines and sneak two into his shopping cart was Evan Trommer.

Free, Saturday NHC Qualifier to Offer Three of Weekend’s Seven Guaranteed Seats; First Chance/Last Chance Qualifier to Santa Anita Derby Challenge Gets Things Started on Friday

If you have a 2020 NHC Tour membership (and if you don’t, you can get one at NTRA.com), you need to be at HorsePlayers on Saturday for a free, 15-race Pick & Pray qualifier that will reward three contestants with berths to the big dance at Bally’s next February. That tourney represents three of seven […]

$12,000 Jackpot Eludes Charles McLaughlin Following Last-Race Near Miss; Mark Stillmock Records Friday Hat Trick; Russell Priola Records Bookend Victory to Begin and End the Week (Weekly Recap May 27-31)

With two races left in Sunday’s $8 Pick 6 Jackpot tourney, there were six entries still alive for a $12,633 windfall, and Charles McLaughlin owned two of the six. McLaughlin survived that next-to-last race but, in doing so, made a difficult tactical decision that may have ultimately proved costly.

HorseTourneys Closes Out May with an All Optional Live Weekend…and the NHC Lowers the Winning Ratio on its Friday $75 Qualifiers

We haven’t been able to been able to offer All Optional Live tourneys in quite some time…because, frankly, we haven’t had enough weekend tracks with which to create a 25-race schedule. That changes this week, however, with Santa Anita and Golden Gate back on board. We have six “AOL” featured tourneys—but those don’t start until […]