Horseplayers

The New York Racing Association, Churchill Downs Inc., and The Stronach Group are set to host three brand-new “NHC Super Qualifiers” in coming months, offering dozens of berths to February’s $3 million (estimated) NTRA National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. The live-money contests, in which players compete to turn $1,000 of their own cash into the largest nut, are set for Sept. […]

There will be a Pick 6 carryover of $48,152 into Monday’s card at Saratoga Race Course, featuring the $100,000 Evan Shipman for New York-breds. Sunday’s Pick 6 sequence began in Race 5 as Newspaperofrecord (No. 5) prevailed by 6 ¾ lengths to return $5.00. In Race 6 We Should Talk (No. 7, $13.40) was victorious […]

Kevin McFarland, from Solana Beach, CA, vaulted to first place on the strength of two daily double payouts on his way to earning $20,000 in prizes in the Pacific Classic Betting Challenge. David Snyder from Mission Viejo, CA and Tyler Hoffman from San Gabriel, CA finished second and third to round out the top three. […]

Jeffrey Harryman of Baltimore finished with a bankroll balance of $2,214.50 to capture the fall session of the Maryland Jockey Club Champions Handicapping Tournament held on Maryland Pride Day, Saturday, Aug. 18 at Laurel Park. Lam earned $2,790 in prize money and ended with a comfortable margin over runner-up Sean Nolan of Alexandria, Va., who […]

Horseplayers will have a huge target to shoot at Sunday at Del Mar thanks to a surprising win by the 3-year-old gelding Diversionist Saturday afternoon in the seaside track’s fifth Race. Diversionist paid $84.80 in the six-furlong maiden race and triggered an Early Pick 5 carryover of $785,777, a Del Mar record. That pool will […]

The Jersey Shore Pick 6 continued to be elusive for a single jackpot winner, with the carryover now at a record $266,475 entering Sunday’s 10-race card at Monmouth Park. There was not a lone winning wager as required to take the entire pool during Saturday’s 12-race card. Selecting six winners returned $893.14 for the 20-cent base bet. The sequence started with […]

There will be a Pick 6 carryover of $40,534 into on Saturday’s card at Saratoga Race Course, featuring the Grade 2, $300,000 Lake Placid and the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama. Only one post-time favorite proved victorious in Friday’s sequence, as Pauseforthecause (No. 1X) prevailed in Race 6 by 6 ¼ lengths to return $3.80. Frosted Ice (No. 5, $13) […]

For this weekend’s play, let’s zero in on the two graded stakes on Saturday’s card at the Spa. Neither one looks to be a “bombs away” race but they both have enough interesting contenders that perhaps we can make some money with trifecta “keys,” that is singling a horse in each of the tri slots. […]

The Florida Sire Stakes Betting Challenge, presented by Xpressbet.com, will take place Saturday, Sept. 1, with prizes including two entries to both the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Betting Challenge and National Horseplayers Championship as well as cash prizes. Players can participate at Gulfstream Park or online at Xpressbet.com. Additional information can be found at: http://gulfstreampark.com/racing/contests/florida-sire-stakes-betting-challenge https://www.xpressbet.com/2018-florida-sire-stakes-betting-challenge A […]

The 28th running of the Grade 1, $1 million TVG Pacific Classic field is led by Accelerate, winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March and the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in May, the two biggest races in the Breeders’ Cup Classic division on the Southern California circuit so far […]