Author: Eric Wing

Five-Seat NHC Super Qualifier, First Woodbine Mile Play-In and Return of Kentucky Downs Just Some of the Highlights Among 25 Featured Events Over Labor Day Weekend

We say goodbye to Saratoga and Del Mar after Monday—which is too bad. We say hello on Saturday to Kentucky Downs, though, and that’s good. The upshot of all of that is that we have a holiday weekend with great racing from several venues, so let’s enjoy it while we can. The featured-tourney fun—and there’s […]

Jobby Blevins Utilizes Alert Getaway to Capture $65,000 Travers Day Tourney; John Doyle Earns a 4th BCBC Entry (Weekend Recap August 23-25)

Jobby Blevins hit five of the first six contest races—including the tourney’s two highest prices—and then closed things out with Travers winner Code of Honor to report home first and collect $26,459 in Saturday’s $65,000 Guaranteed cash tourney, which finished up with a total purse of $66,149.

Special $65,000 Guaranteed, No Limit Cash Tourney on Saturday Headlines Travers Day Weekend

It’s not a holiday weekend but it feels like one since Saturday is Travers Day. To properly fete our own little “Horseplayer Holiday”, we’re offering a not-at-all-little cash game to supercharge Saturday.

Howard Welsh and Sean O’Malley Each Capture Two of Sunday’s Biggest Tourneys; Kyle Snowden and Thomas Labordo Pick Seven Winners Apiece on Saturday; Steven Meier Goes Hunting for a Price with Elmer Fudd (Weekend Recap August 16-18)

Steven Meier had been vewy, vewy quiet during the first half of Friday’s 10-race, $7,500 Guaranteed Pick & Pray. After five races, he had fired almost all blanks and had collected just $2.10. There was big game to be had out there, though, with the pot having swelled to $9,080 by the tourney’s start time. […]

Last Chance for Monmouth, Four Guaranteed NHC Seats, Three Guaranteed BCBC Entries and three $10,000 Guaranteed Pick & Prays Highlight 17-Featured-Tourney Weekend

Seventeen featured tourneys are slated this weekend. Twelve of them are Pick & Prays. So if that is your preferred format, then this is your kind of weekend. The action gets started on Friday.

A Saturday Hat Trick for Evan Trommer; Cara Yarusso Heading to Vegas…Twice; Matthew Baca Continues Big Rookie Year (Weekend Recap August 9-11)

It was the weekend after the Spa & Surf Showdown…but any chance of a letdown in excitement was vanquished by some particularly thrilling finishes as well as some impressive feats of handicapping strength and consistency.

Last Chance for Del Mar, Only Chance for Laurel; Plus Four Guaranteed NHC Seats, Three BCBC Entries and Guaranteed $17,500 Game Headline 18-Featured-Tourney Weekend

With the first Spa & Surf Showdown now in the books, it’s time to get back to normal here at HorseTourneys. Though an August weekend never exactly qualifies as “normal.” We have 18 featured events during the upcoming Friday-Saturday-Sunday period. They offer a plethora of brick-and-mortar contest seats plus a good amount of cash. The […]

Spa & Surf Showdown the Richest Victory Ever for Paul Shurman…and a Tough Pill to Swallow for Chris Fischer

“This is the most I’ve ever won.” Those words can carry vastly different meanings depending on who is speaking them. When they’re uttered by famed tournament player Paul Shurman, it is a significant statement, indeed.

Paul Shurman Collects $109,000 in Inaugural Spa & Surf Showdown; Peter Behr Finishes Second but Wins Two Other Sunday Events (Weekend Recap August 2-4)

He’s considered one of the greatest $2 win/place tournament players ever, so perhaps it’s appropriate that NHC Hall of Famer Paul Shurman was the first-ever winner of the Spa & Surf Showdown. The 64-year-old Dix Hills, N.Y., attorney earned $109,032 out of a total purse of $272,000.

The Inaugural Spa & Surf Showdown, Free NHC Qualifier and Last Chance for Saratoga Highlight Blockbuster First Weekend of August

After months of qualifying, the big days are now upon us. It’s time for the first annual Spa & Surf Showdown.