One of the eternal—almost rock-bottom—disputes among online tournament players is whether Pick & Pray or Live-Format games offer the better, fairer form of competition. These flames were undoubtedly fanned a bit following last weekend’s featured events at HorseTourneys.
It was a live-format weekend at HorseTourneys and, as usual, that paved the way for plenty of post-parade study, last-minute checking of the odds and topsy-turvy finishes in which nothing was certain until the final race was over.
We know a lot of you will be in front of your computers this weekend. Though we also know that a lot of loyal HorseTourneys customers will be happily out at Keeneland for Sunday’s Grade I Gamble. To be precise, 48 players will be representing us in Lexington at the “Gamble,” having qualified for the […]
We’re all familiar with one of the most frustrating feelings in mythical-money, win-place contest play. You do your handicapping. You identify a 15-1 shot you think has a real chance of winning. You pull the trigger on the play, then start to get excited as, under no encouragement, he starts moving past shorter price horses […]
For the second straight Saturday, we offered a big-money game centered around the day’s key Kentucky Derby preps. High-quality racing certainly afforded us that opportunity, and HorseTourneys players once again took advantage of it.
We normally like to spread out our big-money tourneys a bit, but with back-to-back weekend days like last Saturday at Gulfstream and this coming Saturday with the Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes and Santa Anita Derby, we’re wheeling right back on short rest like a Rick Dutrow trainee (back when those existed) and offering an […]
Anthony Laurino, winner of last Saturday’s $101,000 tourney, is no stranger to horse racing or handicapping. His family would make an annual trip each summer from their Hyde Park, N.Y. home to Saratoga, where Anthony quickly picked up on the joys of trying to solve the many handicapping puzzles each day. Before that, his father […]
In what was our richest tourney ever, Anthony Laurino of Clayton, N.C., recorded four winners—including three of the last four among the 15 contest races—to claim the top prize of $40,594 in Saturday’s live-format contest that closed with a total pot of $101,487.
The BIG One, to be contested on September 22-23, 2018 at Laurel Park, has already gotten bigger for this year’s renewal—thanks to the addition of two Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge entries to the 2018 prize pool (bringing the total number of BCBC spots up for grabs to 10, along with the usual 10 NHC seats […]
While some are excited about baseball’s Opening Day…or the Final Four…we tournament players know the true excitement is right here. That’s because, on Florida Derby Day, HorseTourneys hosts its richest tourney ever—an up-to-$150,000 live-format event with $100,000 Guaranteed. Someone could walk away from it $60,000 richer. That would buy a whole lot of peanuts and […]
