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Kevin Engelhard Wins NHC, The BIG One Seats on Back-to-Back Days; Jorge Cruz-Aedo Pulls Off Tricky Win-Place/Exacta Double; $20 BCBC Qualifier Won Via Tiebreaker (Weekend Recap July 27-29)

It’s always exciting when a tourney’s result comes down to the last race. It’s also interesting anytime we offer a brand new event. On Sunday, we got the best of both worlds with our $20 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge direct qualifier at HorsePlayers.

Free NHC Qualifier, $20 BCBC Qualifier Plus Up-to-$30,000 Tourney and Qualifiers for The BIG One, Saratoga and Keeneland Top Another Big Weekend of Summer Racing.

If your goal—or your best-case-scenario—is to qualify for the NHC or Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge…but to do so on a budget, then this is a great week for you to be playing at HorseTourneys/HorsePlayers.

Blake Courtney Scores on Back-to-Back Days; Elizabeth Canning Repeats; Last Race Cap Horse Shakes Up Sunday (Weekend Recap July 20-22)

While many HorseTourneys regulars enjoy both live-format and Pick & Pray games, some prefer one format or the other. This past weekend, it was the Pick & Pray format’s turn to preside over most of the featured action. On Friday, one of the most ardent supporters of Pick & Prays reminded us yet again of […]

$40,000 Guaranteed Tourney Headlines Opening Saturday at Saratoga/Del Mar; Last Chance Qualifiers on Tap for Del Mar and Hawthorne.

If you’re pumped for opening weekend at Saratoga and Del Mar, HorseTourneys gives you a reason to be even more excited—a $40,000 Guaranteed tourney on Saturday that has no limit as to how high the purse could grow. It’s just one of 16 featured tourneys this weekend to go along with some special Saratoga-only contests […]

When the TV Handicapping Experts Make Us Angry

If you’re like most handicappers, you have at some point heard what an “expert commentator” said on TV, shook your head, and said to yourself, “I know more than that guy.”

Robert Masterton Wins Two; Matthew Rentze Closes Strongly; Wild Finishes in Del Mar, Hawthorne Qualifiers (Weekend Recap July 13-15)

A weekend made up of predominantly live-format games set the stage for several fantastic finishes (sponsored by Alcoa) and the first of those came in our very first featured tourney of the weekend.

Seats Now Available via HorseTourneys for Monmouth Super Qualifier; Direct Qualifier Joins 15 Other Featured Tourneys This Weekend

One of the popular brick-and-mortar contests of any calendar year is the Monmouth Super Qualifier, held this year on Saturday, August 25 (Travers Day). The event offers a total of two Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge entries and seven NHC spots to the top nine finishers—plus cash bonuses. Our very first qualifier to this Monmouth staple […]

Fazzolari wins Stars & Stripes Challenge

(Courtesy of Najja Thompson, NYRA Press Office) With a primary focus on exotics wagers, Nick Fazzolari of Colts Neck, New Jersey, capitalized on his strategy in a maiden race at Monmouth Park, successfully completing a Daily Double to catapult himself to the top of the leaderboard in Saturday’s Stars & Stripes Handicapping Challenge at Belmont […]

Jorge Cruz-Aedo Wins $50,000 Tourney; Cheryl McIntyre and Derek Isenberg Each Take a Pair; Christopher Podratz Stays Hot (Weekend Recap July 6-8)

Exacta tourney players have come to know and respect the name Jorge Cruz-Aedo. He has won several such events—occasionally on back-to-back weekends—but his luck was never quite the same in our more traditional win-place tourneys. That all changed this Saturday.

Guaranteed $50,000 Pick & Pray and First Qualifier to Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship Top July 6-8 Stars and Stripes Weekend.

One of the newer “big days” on the racing calendar takes center stage at HorseTourneys this weekend as Belmont’s Stars and Stripes Day serves as the anchor of a 17-featured-tourney weekend highlighted by a special 14-race, $50,000 Guaranteed Pick & Pray with no limit as to maximum pool size.