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Ryan Steigmeier wins Keeneland NHC-BCBC Challenge

Ryan Steigmeier never really considered himself a serious tournament player. That may be changing, though, following the 38-year-old Title Insurance executive’s win in Sunday’s Keeneland NHC-BCBC Challenge, which earned the North Royalton, Ohio resident a total of $26,370 in cash, an NHC seat and a Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge seat.

Saturday Guaranteed NHC Qualifier & Sunday First Chance for Hawthorne Super Qualifier Tops Weekend Slate

Before we take a look at this weekend’s action, we want to send out special good luck wishes to the 17 HorseTourneys qualfiers who will be competing this weekend at the Keeneland NHC/BCBC Challenge and the 21 HorseTourneys winners who will do battle at the Orleans Fall Classic. Nothing would make us happier than to […]

Q&A with “The BIG One at Laurel” Winner Dan Flanigan

From NTRA Press Release NHC Q&A: Dan Flanigan Dan Flanigan of Medina, Minn., bested a field of 51 players to win The BIG One last month at Laurel Park, taking home first-place money of $35,200 on top of his $5,850 bankroll. He also earned spots in the $2.8 million (estimated) Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping […]

Keeneland Bonanza, Guar. $25K game, NHC Qualifier, Last Chances Top Major Weekend

It’s not just a great weekend of Breeders’ Cup prep races. Opening Day at Keeneland is Friday and we’re ready for it here at HorseTourneys. We’ll be hosting 24 full-card, Keeneland-only tourneys on Friday (including three guaranteed cash games) with prices ranging from $5-$110 so that you can jump right in to what is always […]

Why We Offer Free Tourneys

Someone gleefully commented to me last month that she had won an NHC seat at HorseTourneys for just $18 by winning a feeder, then winning the direct qualifier that followed. This week you don’t even need the 18 bucks. If you have played at least $1,000 lifetime at HorseTourneys, you can win an NHC seat for […]

Speed Picks, Copy Function Now Available for Exacta Box Contests

Making selections in EXACTA BOX tourneys just got a whole lot quicker and easier. SPEED PICKS and the COPY function are now available for EXACTA BOX tournaments. Speed Picks may be accessed through the link on the VIEW/MAKE Picks page, in conjunction with your Exacta Box entry:

Weekend Recap (October 1-2)

There were a lot of happy winners at HorseTourneys on Saturday. Daniel Kaplan nailed three of the last four winners to win our Horse Player World Series qualifier. And since two HPWS entries were up for grabs, our runner-up, Bill Downes (track announcer at Indiana Grand) was pretty pumped as well. Downes wasn’t the only […]

Saturday NHC Qualifier with Three Seats Guaranteed Highlights First October Weekend

It’s almost time to flip another page on the wall calendar. But before we do, don’t forget to play our Guaranteed $5,000 tourney on Friday, September 30.  The competition pays down to 4th place with $2,500 to the winner and full prizes will be played no matter how many (or few) show up. It’s a […]

Final Thoughts from The BIG One at Laurel

By now, many of you know the final, nitty-gritty results from The BIG One, held last Saturday and Sunday at Laurel Park. Dan Flanigan played a masterful tournament, preserving his bankroll until the race he had been waiting for all weekend, the 9th at Belmont on Sunday, came along. He bet $1,000 into the race, […]

Dan Flanigan Wins The BIG One

Dan Flanigan, a 45-year-old investment executive from Medina, Minn., hit a veritable “all-in”, $1,000 wager on Belmont’s 9th race that returned $5,858.30 — good for first place in a field of 51 at this weekend’s The BIG One tournament at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. Flanigan, a horse owner who runs equity trading for an […]