Author: Eric Wing

Lisa Blevins to Join Newly Enriched Husband Jobby at NHC; Phillip Conway Captures Third Featured Cash Tourney of the Month (Weekend Recap December 27-29)

The plan was for Jobby Blevins to play in February’s NHC and for his wife Lisa to cheer him on as his “+1” in Las Vegas. That all changed last Friday…in more ways than one.

Saturday NHC Super Qualifier with Eight Guaranteed Seats Among 21 Featured Tourneys During Final Weekend of 2019

A dozen seats to the 2020 NHC are certain to be awarded here this weekend—eight in a single day…in a single tourney. That represents just a small fraction of the featured action, however, during the 52nd and final weekend of 2019. It all begins on Friday.

Dane Moore’s December to Remember Continues; “Boom Boom” Joffrion Lights the Cash Game Lamp Twice; Michael Kavana Scores a Hat Trick (Weekend Recap December 20-22)

When it came to the NHC, Dane Moore entered December on the outside looking in. In fact, he wasn’t just outside…he was way down the street. He had just 3,500 or so Tour Points to his name but then the calendar flipped—and so did Moore’s fortunes.

Pre-Christmas Pick & Pray Weekend Offers Two Dozen Featured Tourneys, Including Friday Flo-Cal Qualifier, Two Guaranteed $10,000 Sunday Games and at Least Six NHC Seats

Some people just go to church on Christmas and Easter, but we here at HorseTourneys surround ourselves in prayer on a regular basis…at least every other weekend! This weekend happens to be one of those Pick & Pray weekends—which could leave you more time for some holiday shopping. If nothing else, it will relieve you […]

Phillip Conway Sweeps the Saturday-Sunday Featured Cash Tourneys, Dave Nichols and Brian Chenvert Each Win a Pair During Wild Sunday (Weekend Recap December 13-15)

We’re always impressed when a player has success on more than one day of the weekend. Horse Racing is a hard game in which to be consistent. We certainly do see multi-day weekend success from time to time, but I don’t think we’ve seen it much, if at all, across our Saturday-Sunday high-end cash games. […]

Seven Guaranteed NHC Seats, Two Pegasus World Cup Qualifiers and Three HPWS Play-Ins Just Some of the Highlights Among 24 Featured Events This Weekend

There are just 58 shopping days left until the 21st NHC. Actually, there are just 57…since, for some reason, no tracks are open on Christmas Day. As a public service to shoppers feeling under pressure, the NTRA this weekend is offering seven guaranteed spots at HorseTourneys/HorsePlayers to their big dance at Bally’s on February 7-9. […]

Peter Osella and Ernest Hey Jr. Each Win Big Prizes on Two Different Days; Robbie Courtney Visits the Winner’s Circle Again (Weekend Recap December 6-8)

The holiday shopping season is suddenly in full swing (I’m already behind), and so is the contest qualifying season with the NHC and the Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship not too distant on the horizon. Due in no small part to that, we set an unofficial record this weekend with 25 featured tourneys. I have […]

Six Brand New Qualifying Tourneys Contribute to an Extra Large Schedule of 26 Featured Events During First Full Weekend of December

We have 26 featured tourneys on the docket this coming weekend. That’s an unofficial record here at HorseTourneys/HorsePlayers. Included in the robust slate are first-chance qualifiers to the NHC Last Chance Tournament at Bally’s, the Tampa Bay Downs Handicapping Contest in January, this month’s Santa Anita Opening Day Challenge, next month’s NTRA/Santa Anita NHC Super […]

Robbie Courtney’s Special Seat at the NHC

When you play in — or report on — enough contests, it’s easy to overlook how much a victory might mean to someone…especially when it’s not us doing the winning.

Nixon Goes Back for Seconds on Thanksgiving; Two Past NHC Champs Earn 
Berths to the 2020 Event (Weekend Recap November 28-December 1)

If you spent time with family and managed to travel to and fro safely despite some bad weather around the country, you had a pretty successful Thanksgiving weekend. If, at the same time, you managed to prosper in a handicapping contest, then you had an even more memorable weekend. Plenty of people did just that […]