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Gregory Caliwag Earns $15,193 in Saturday Cash Feature; Scott Galica Hits Seven Exactas out of 12 races; Sean O’Malley Succeeds With Just One Winner (Weekly Recap, August 31-September 5)

During an extended holiday week, we hosted 30 featured tourneys and awarded 35 grand prizes across those 30 events. Nevertheless, not a single person garnered top honors more than once. The 35 prizes went to 35 different people.

First Qualifiers to Canterbury Big 10 BCBC Contest, Special $25,000 Labor Day Pick & Pray Plus Several All Optional Live Cash Games Among the Attractions During Extended Holiday Weekend at HorseTourneys

On the racetrack, Labor Day weekend includes Pacific Classic Day at Del Mar, closing weekend at Saratoga and opening weekend at Kentucky Downs. Those three things, by themselves, should make for a pretty terrific few days of racing action. Here at HorseTourneys (and HorsePlayers too), we’ll try to make things just that much more exciting […]

Gary Brous Takes Three Tourneys, Giving Him Nine Triumphs Over Last Two Weeks; Lucas Van Zandt Captures Month-End Blowout…and a Whole Lot More; Michael Kavana Earns Seat in $75 NHC Qualifier for a Second Straight Friday (Weekend Recap, August 26-28)

Due to some vacation time last week, the normal “Weekly Recap” will be a “Weekend Recap” this week. To last week’s Wednesday and Thursday featured-tourney winners, we apologize for missing your exploits…but we also say, “Congratulations!” All the great racing during the month of August seems to bring out the best in some players. One […]

Initial Chances to Earn Spots in $50,000 Exacta Extravaganza and Santa Anita Opening Weekend Challenge Plus First Double-Seat Qualifier to The BIG One Highlight Another Full-Throttle Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Exotics specialists will again have their day…or weekend…here at HorseTourneys on  December 3-4. Those are the dates of the second annual Exacta Extravaganza. A $50,000 Guaranteed event, the “EE” requires contestants to make a preset number of three-horse exacta box picks from among 25 or 30 available contest races each day. Likely contest tracks those […]

G.T. Nixon Picks Eight Winners to Earn BCBC Seat; Ciaran Thornton Wins $15,800 in Saturday Cash Feature; James Morgan, Kirk Rockwell; Joseph Zuer, Evan Trommer and Kevin Engelhard Each Take Home Multiple Grand Prizes (Weekly Recap, August 10-14)

Even though most of last week’s featured tourneys were Pick & Prays, we didn’t see very much domination by any one player. Part of that was because there really weren’t any “Have it or die” bombs”…and also…the competition was just really tough. That’s not to say that there weren’t some individual stars during the week.

Last Chance for Saratoga, Colonial Downs Handicapping Challenges and First NHC Qualifier for 2023 Nonwinners Among 31 Featured Tourneys During Action-Packed Friday, Saturday and Sunday

If you’re an action junkie, this is your weekend at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we offer a record (we think!) 31 featured events.

Tim Hughes Finally Flying High After Victory in Spa & Surf Showdown

Long ago, Tim Hughes had the weekend of August 6-7 circled on his calendar. He had plans for those days—big plans. It’s just that none of those plans had anything to do with horse racing.

Tim Hughes Wins $222,552 in $622,636 Spa & Surf Showdown; Inaugural 2019 Champ Paul Shurman Finishes Second; Albion Benton Tops Tourney Triple Bonus Series Standings

Combining a 26th-place performance on Saturday and a 5th-best Sunday score added up to a windfall of $222,252 for Tim Hughes of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, in the 4th annual Spa & Surf Showdown here at HorseTourneys.

Spa & Surf Showdown – Day Two Past Performances

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Defending Champ David Harrison Wins Second Entry for 2023 NHC; Michael Caposio and Evan Trommer Score Hat Tricks; Michael Slanina Captures Wednesday and Saturday Cash Features (Weekly Recap, July 20-24)

No one has ever won the NHC twice, but if David Harrison fails to repeat in 2023, it won’t be for a lack of ammunition.