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Evan Trommer the Only Person to Capture More than One First Prize as Chalky Wednesday and Sunday Lead to Many Different Paths to Victory; A 90-1 Shot Shakes Things Up on Saturday, Though (Weekly Recap June 3-7)

Like packages of toilet paper during a pandemic, grand prizes at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers last week were essentially limited to one to a customer. The only player to skirt the guidelines and sneak two into his shopping cart was Evan Trommer.

Free, Saturday NHC Qualifier to Offer Three of Weekend’s Seven Guaranteed Seats; First Chance/Last Chance Qualifier to Santa Anita Derby Challenge Gets Things Started on Friday

If you have a 2020 NHC Tour membership (and if you don’t, you can get one at NTRA.com), you need to be at HorsePlayers on Saturday for a free, 15-race Pick & Pray qualifier that will reward three contestants with berths to the big dance at Bally’s next February. That tourney represents three of seven […]

$12,000 Jackpot Eludes Charles McLaughlin Following Last-Race Near Miss; Mark Stillmock Records Friday Hat Trick; Russell Priola Records Bookend Victory to Begin and End the Week (Weekly Recap May 27-31)

With two races left in Sunday’s $8 Pick 6 Jackpot tourney, there were six entries still alive for a $12,633 windfall, and Charles McLaughlin owned two of the six. McLaughlin survived that next-to-last race but, in doing so, made a difficult tactical decision that may have ultimately proved costly.

HorseTourneys Closes Out May with an All Optional Live Weekend…and the NHC Lowers the Winning Ratio on its Friday $75 Qualifiers

We haven’t been able to been able to offer All Optional Live tourneys in quite some time…because, frankly, we haven’t had enough weekend tracks with which to create a 25-race schedule. That changes this week, however, with Santa Anita and Golden Gate back on board. We have six “AOL” featured tourneys—but those don’t start until […]

Rhonda Graziano Takes Third Straight Exacta Tourney; Spa on Friday, Surf on Monday for Sean Alvarez; Ken Jordan Wins $11,000 Plus NHC, Spa & Surf Seats on Sunday (Weekly Recap May 20-25)

The recap blog is a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday. So there’s more ground than ever to cover—25 featured events, to be exact. The first of them was a brand new contest combining the best of two different worlds.

A Second Big Bucks Tourney Joins the Memorial Day Weekend Lineup, Which Will Consist of More Than 20 Featured Events.

There won’t be many parades, but there will still be plenty of exciting gatherings here at HorseTourneys over Memorial Day Weekend. For the first time, we will be offering not one but two $1,150 Big Bucks tourneys—one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Those are just two of more than 20 featured events on tap […]

The BIG One Relocated to HorseTourneys.com Sept. 19-20

Per a joint decision between HorseTourneys and Laurel Park, The BIG One will be played online this year at HorseTourneys.com.  The dates will remain the same—Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19-20, 2020.

Big Bucks Tourneys Now Offered on Both Saturdays and Sundays

Due to popular demand — which has resulted in quick sellouts of late — Big Bucks tourneys will now be offered on Saturdays and Sundays each week. They had previously only been available on Sundays.

Steve Arrison Continues a May He May Never Forget; Schutt, Hatfield and Somich all Double Up; Ridiculous Bad Beat for Craig Dixon (Weekly Recap May 13-17)

It’s barely half-over, but what a month of May it has already been for Steve Arrison.

Wednesday NHC Qualifier to Now Offer Cash Prizes As Well

The NHC qualifier offered each Wednesday at HorseTourneys will now also include cash payouts starting next week (May 20). It is the first time in the history of online, mythical-money tournaments that cash prizes will be available in an NHC qualifying event.