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Last-Chance Qualifiers for Canterbury Among Numerous Featured Pick & Pray Opportunities This Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Not many big tournaments take place on a Wednesday, but the Canterbury NHC/BCBC Handicapping Contest does—this Wednesday, September 13. Your final two chances to win a $2,000 entry to it—playable at Xpressbet—come your way this Saturday and Sunday.

James Henry, Evan Trommer and David Nelson Each Record Victories on Back-to-Back Days; Michael Beychok Captures Another Rich Cash Game (Weekly Recap, August 30-September 4)

We think all featured-tourney wins are praiseworthy, but achieving such triumphs on consecutive days is extra impressive—which takes us to James Henry on Thursday.

Special Labor Day, $125 NHC Qualifier With Five Guaranteed Seats to Serve as Climax of Four Days of Holiday Weekend Action

It’s not a Triple Crown or Breeders’ Cup weekend…but Labor Day has seemingly evolved into an underrated, high-intensity weekend for horseplayers what with Saratoga, Del Mar and Kentucky Downs all operating at the same time. 

Eric Kurzhal Earns Keeneland and Kentucky Downs Seats; John O’Brien Hits Last Race to Collect $16,354 (Weekly Recap, August 23-27)

It was a “Share the Wealth” week with just a couple of multiple winners out there among 24 featured events and 38 grand prizes.

Last Chance for Woodbine and First Chance for Canterbury Among the Notable Featured-Tourney Menu Selections This Friday, Saturday and Sunday

The Woodbine King’s Plate Challenge will be hosted this Sunday on track and at Xpressbet and HPI. Your last chance to win a $1,000 entry to it takes place here on Friday.

Brian Chenvert Bags Five Saturday Grand Prizes; Joseph Zuer Scores a Sunday Hat Trick, Including a Sweep of the Cash Features. (Weekly Recap, August 9-13)

Saturday was Fourstardave Day at Saratoga, but here at HorseTourneys, it was Fivestarbrian day.

New Qualifiers to Keeneland Fall BCBC/NHC Challenge and Del Mar Pacific Classic Challenge Help Comprise Jam-Packed Slate This Friday, Saturday and Sunday

There’s plenty to pick from this weekend with six featured tourneys on Friday, a whopping 12 on Saturday and another 10 on Sunday. This is the final weekend in which to qualify for the Laurel Champions tournament (August 19) and the Woodbine King’s Plate Challenge (August 20), and play-ins to those are two of the […]

A Memorable Year Continues for Anthony Spinazzola, Winner of $210,623 in the 2023 Spa & Surf Showdown

Anthony Spinazzola has laid a lot of tile in his day. Each morning, the 59-year-old Mesa, Ariz., resident wakes up and heads to the flooring company that he has owned there for the last twenty-something years. 

It’s Spa & Surf Showdown Time!

Just four years removed from its first edition in 2019, the Spa & Surf Showdown has quickly become one of the most prestigious tournaments in all of horse racing. There’s a lot more than prestige on the line, though. The Spa & Surf Showdown carries a guaranteed purse of $400,000. Last year, Tim Hughes won […]

Announcing a Slight Loosening of our 48-Hour Race Policy

Historically, we try to choose the races for our multi-track tourneys 48 hours in advance during the “good weather” months and 24 hours ahead of time during the winter. Designed to avoid us scheduling races that later get canceled, it is a policy that has generally worked well over the years. Lately, however, the 48-hour […]