Author: Eric Wing

First Chance at Belmont Stakes Challenge; Back-to-Back NHC Qualifiers; Del Mar, SA Tourneys Help Close out April in Style

  It’s one of those weekends on the racing calendar that marks time in our heads even if we don’t know the precise dates. It’s the weekend that Belmont Park (Friday) and Churchill Downs (Saturday evening) open. And we have a bevy of important tournaments to properly commemorate the “weekend-before-Derby-weekend”.

Note Regarding Cash-Game Contest Tracks

Until further notice, HorseTourneys will not be including races run at The Stronach Group-owned racetracks in cash-game tournaments (contests that exclusively award cash prizes). We will continue to include races run at The Stronach Group tracks in feeders and qualifiers to industry-sponsored events, and we hope to again offer them in cash tournaments at some […]

Schutt Leads Quartet of Big Saturday Winners; Johnson Takes First NHC/BCBC Combo Prize (Weekend Recap April 22-23)

Saturday and Sunday played out in entirely different ways at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers last weekend. On Saturday, the bulk of the rich prizes were won by a coterie of four. On Sunday, the in-the-money finishes were spread around like trophies at a youth soccer picnic.

Blaise Brucato Captures Grade One Gamble and Spring Challenge at Keeneland

(From Keeneland press office) – In the storied history of Keeneland Race Course, many patrons have had memorable (and profitable) weekends. We would venture to guess, however, that not many have equaled the weekend that Blaise Brucato just experienced at this venerable racetrack.

Unprecedented NHC-BCBC Double Qualifier on Friday Headlines Comprehensive Weekend Schedule

There’s a major twist to this weekend at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers. Normally our biggest tourney of the weekend takes place on a Sunday. Some weeks it might take place on Saturday. But this week, Friday is the day you absolutely don’t want to miss.

Lacy has Quadruple-Win Saturday, Massis Good at Grade One Gambling (Weekend Recap April 15-16)

Sunday belonged to the Easter Bunny but Saturday belonged to Darryl Lacy. Taking an aggressive, multi-table approach even though it was a live-format weekend, Lacy signed up for two entries in each of six different featured tourneys—and entered the same two sets of picks in all six contests. One of his entries accumulated only about […]

NHC, BCBC, BIG One, Del Mar Qualifiers—Plus Last Chance for Keeneland Contests—Highlight Weekend Action

The big HorseTourneys news of the week is that the winner of this year’s The BIG One will now be eligible for a $500,000 bonus should he or she win the NHC. It’s the second significant bonus announced this year by HorseTourneys. The other was a $10,000 site credit bonus should any HorseTourneys qualifier go […]

HorseTourneys to Offer $500,000 Lump Sum Bonus Tying 2017 The BIG One to 2018 NHC

The BIG One just got bigger. HorseTourneys announced today that it will pay a $500,000 bonus to the winner of the 2017 The BIG One should that player go on to finish first in the 2018 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Presented by RTN, Stats Race Lens and Treasure Island. And we’re not talking about an […]

Moomey Wins Two More; Wraight Right in 25K; Ruge Exactas the Exacta (Weekend Recap April 8-9)

I had opined in a recent weekend recap that Eric Moomey would probably be sorry to see March come to an end. Maybe not.

All-Stakes Saturday Schedule Plus NHC, BCBC, KDBC, BIG One Qualifiers and $25K event Just a Few of This Weekend’s Highlights

It has to be a big weekend when we can put together a 12-race featured schedule consisting entirely of stakes races, and that’s the case this Saturday when our main events will be geared around four stakes each from Aqueduct, Keeneland and Santa Anita—including the Wood Memorial, Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and Santa Anita Derby. […]