Whether it’s a handicapping contest or a horse race, itself, close finishes are thrilling to win, frustrating to lose, and perhaps somewhat encouraging insofar as more people feel that they were at least in strong contention. Well there were plenty of such finishes this weekend at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers.
Del Mar, California has been a popular stop of late on contest players’ itineraries—what with the Del Mar Fall Classic taking place last weekend and the BCBC the week before that. But there’s yet another reason to venture out to Lindbergh Field…or Jimmy Durante Boulevard if you’re within driving distance. It’s the Surfside Tournaments on […]
HorseTourneys is proud to announce Saturday, December 2 as the date of what will be our third $100,000 tournament of the year. (Really our third ever–since we just started offering them this year!)
(Courtesy of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club) Christian Hellmers of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, built a big lead with both entries on day one and coasted home to victory in the Del Mar Handicapping Challenge finishing first and second. Players began the contest with a $3,000 live money bankroll in the two-day Challenge. Hellmers scored big […]
It’s not easy to pick six winners out of 12 races. It’s even more difficult when those six winners score at odds of 6-1, 10-1, 12-1, 4-5, 6-1 and 9-1. But that’s exactly what Bill Shurman did in Saturday’s $25,000 Guaranteed game.
The Breeders’ Cup may be over, but contest play at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers remains in high gear. In fact, qualifying for the NHC is just now shifting into overdrive.
I played in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge. It was the first BCBC I ever attended, let alone participated in. The participation part didn’t go well at all. I lost every bet I made. But bad handicapping notwithstanding, I found the event enjoyable. The 3rd-floor Horsemen’s Lounge where I was seated seemed like a […]
Nisan Gabbay, a 40-year-old software developer and owner of a tech startup company, turned two gutsy wagers in the day’s final two races into victory at the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge at Del Mar.
Eric Moomey, a HorseTourneys qualifier to the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge via his third-place finish at The BIG One in September, made an all-in win bet of $8,322 on Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Mendelssohn ($11.60 to win for $2) to leapfrog his way to the top of the leaderboard, and he stayed there the rest […]
It’s Breeders’ Cup weekend and HorseTourneys is ready (HorsePlayers too) with its biggest Breeders’ Cup contest menu ever.
