Author: Eric Wing

Final Weekend of Spa & Surf Showdown Qualifying and Initial Play-Ins to Laurel, Monmouth and Santa Anita Headline Busy Friday-Saturday-Sunday With Lots of Saratoga and Del Mar Racing

Time is dwindling for you to earn a $2,500 spot in the $400,000 Guaranteed Spa & Surf Showdown on August 5-6. The upcoming weekend is your last in which to win your way into the final leg of the 2023 Tourney Triple.

Eric Boyd Captures Back-to-Back Spa & Surf Showdown Qualifiers; Wendy Long Follows Suit—and Adds an NHC Seat for Good Measure; Zachary Agamenoni Wins BCBC and Del Mar Entries (Weekly Recap, July 19-23)

With just a couple of weeks left before the $400,000 Guaranteed Spa & Surf Showdown here on August 5-6, qualifying is really starting to heat up, with 101 spots already accounted for. Given that there’s so much money on the line on the first weekend in August, many want two $2,500 seats in the Showdown, […]

Last Chance for Haskell Challenge and Daily Qualifiers to Del Mar Summer Challenge Among 24 Featured Tourneys This Friday-Saturday-Sunday

It’s Opening Weekend at Del Mar…and Haskell Day on Saturday at Monmouth. Those two developments, by themselves, set an exciting table for weekend fun. Throw in the fact, though, that the clock is running out on chances to qualify for important contests at both tracks, and a delicious measure of pressure suddenly gets added to […]

Darryl Lacy and Darryl Mays Earn a Combined Nine Grand Prizes Across Four Days; Dale Hatfield and Sean O’Malley Put a Stranglehold on the Wednesday Features (Weekly Recap, July 12-16)

“Darrr-rrryl…Darrr-rrryl…” Unlike in the 1986 World Series, it was the Darryls doing the taunting this time around—especially Darryl Lacy.

Opening Weekend at Saratoga Serves as Backdrop for 24 Featured Events Including New Woodbine King’s Plate Challenge Qualifier

Not only is it opening weekend at the Spa…we’re also currently offering a 12% deposit bonus up until midnight Eastern tonight (Thursday). So what better time to load up your account and enjoy great contest action on top-quality racing?

Terrific Holiday Week for Chris Cupples; Gary Machiz Grabs Two Seats on Friday and Another on Saturday; A Week Late, Dylan Donnelly Gets That “Other” Del Mar Entry (Weekly Recap, July 5-9)

The previous “Weekly Recap” covered our Fourth of July featured tourneys. That day, Chris Cupples not only earned $10,108 for winning the day’s $15,000 Guaranteed cash game, he took home an NHC seat in a special $125 qualifier.

Daily Qualifiers to NHC, BCBC, Spa & Surf Showdown, Haskell Challenge, Saratoga Challenge and William Moore Classic On Tap This Friday, Saturday and Sunday

There will be no shortage of opportunities this weekend to qualify for big events. We have 25 featured tourneys this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and all but one or two each day are games that can land you a spot in lucrative tournaments down the road.

Playing Dual Entries, Dylan Donnelly Accounts for Seven Fourth of July Grand Prizes; Chris Cupples Wins NHC Seat Plus $10,108; Sherry Arndt Nearly Sweeps Weekend HT Tour Events (Weekly Recap, July 1-4)

If the Fourth of July wasn’t a “year-maker” for Dylan Donnelly, then it was at least a “summer-maker”.

July Opens Up With Free NHC Play-In—and Continues With Slew of Lucrative Cash Games and Qualifiers

Three NHC seats will be up for grabs on the first day of July (Saturday) when HorsePlayers hosts its latest free qualifier. If you are a 2023 NHC Tour member, it’s free to play. If you are not one, you can become one quickly and easily at NTRA.com in exchange for a $50 membership fee. 

Ed Peters Wins Spa & Surf Showdown Seat Plus $13,500; Ron Tang Grabs Saratoga Challenge Entries on Back-to-Back Days; Michael Bailey Qualifies for NHC and BCBC (Weekly Recap, June 21-25)

Last week’s 26 features tourneys were predominantly Live-format affairs, including the first one of the week on Wednesday, a $5,000 Guaranteed cash tourney won by Peter Osella.