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Florida Derby Day $45,000 Guaranteed Cash Game, Dubai World Cup Tourneys and Final Weekend Qualifiers to Players Championship Highlight Exciting Friday, Saturday, Sunday of Featured Action

We’re raising the stakes on Saturday, Florida Derby Day. Instead of a $25,000 Guaranteed featured cash tourney, we’re upping the guarantee of this live-format event to $45,000—and tossing in a $10,000 Guaranteed Pick & Pray as well.  That’s not all. For the first time, we’ll be hosting tourneys on the Dubai World Cup card from […]

Live Chat Debuts at HorseTourneys – With Caveats

Does Live Chat among players belong on a site like HorseTourneys? It’s a question that we’ve grappled with internally off and on for the better part of… well, only the last decade. The case for allowing Live Chat is that it adds to the entertainment value of the product, creating a higher level of engagement […]

Brett Wiener Pulls Off a Veritable Clean Sweep of the Friday Features; Rex Robinson Hits the Pick 4 Jackpot; Big Score Yields Big Payout to Brian Johnson (Weekly Recap, March 17-21)

It was some kind of Friday for Floridian Brett Wiener.

Madness Indeed as Upcoming March Weekend Sets Up as Busiest in HorseTourneys History

Not too long ago, if we had 14 featured tourneys during a weekend, that was a pretty solid Friday, Saturday and Sunday for us. This weekend we have 14—on Sunday, alone. Plus 10 on Friday and nine on Saturday. The total of 33 is the most we’ve ever had for a three-day weekend. 

Live Chat Rules

Participating in Live Chat at HorseTourneys is a privilege.  This privilege is reserved for those that are able to comport themselves appropriately.  Please note that Live Chat cannot be used for support requests.  Players must submit a Customer Support form if needing assistance.  The following are most (but not all) of the kinds of conduct […]

Alan Levitt, Daniel Kovalesky and Bill Kellish the Only Multiple Winners During a Bunched-Up Week that Saw 48 Different People Emerge with Grand Prizes (Weekly Recap, March 10-14)

The featured-tourney days last week seemed to take on one of two distinct patterns. Either there weren’t many longshots to be had (Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday) or there were so many (Friday, Sunday) that one bomb alone wouldn’t get you where you needed to be.

New Qualifiers to Florida Derby Challenge and Club Hawthorne Contests Among 25 Featured Events that Include $77,000 in Guaranteed Cash

It’s another busy weekend at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers as Gulfstream, Aqueduct and Santa Anita serve as the backdrop for a wide array of marquee games offering significant cash prizes and lots of seats to important tournaments held around the country (and in cyberspace).  As always, weekends around here are considered to begin on Friday.

Tom Cooper and Brian Chenvert Survive Strange Thursday Features; Another Friday High Five for Raymond Riley; Eric Kurzhal Scores a Saturday Hat Trick (Weekly Recap, March 3-7)

History repeated itself on Friday—and not just because Raymond Riley won the day’s featured cash tourney for a second consecutive week.

Free NHC Qualifier With Five Seats Guaranteed and Last Chance for Ultimate Betting Challenge Among the Highlights of a Pick & Pray Weekend at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers

Religious handicappers should have an edge this weekend with the majority of our featured events taking place in Pick & Pray format. (New converts to the prayerful life are always welcome at our house of worship.) By far, the most popular service will take place on Saturday, when there will be five chosen ones in […]

For California Doctor, Contest Play Proves to be Just the Right Prescription

Dr. Ronald Tang has a lot going on in his life these days. The 39-year-old South Pasadena, Calif, resident maintains a busy schedule as an oncologist and hematologist. And he and his wife Winnie welcomed their first child, Siena, into the world just four weeks ago. Tang still makes time to play the races, however. […]