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John Conte (second from left) receives his check for $500,000 after winning NHC X. Photo courtesy of Horsephotos.com

Champion horseplayer had a clue
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/26/09

LAS VEGAS - His foiled opponents called him Inspector Clouseau.
John Conte didn't mind because he won $500,000 and the Handicapper of the Year title by topping a field of 302 in the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort last weekend.

Houston takes lead with one mandatory left
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/24/09

LAS VEGAS – Gwyn Houston, 57, of Fallston, Md., has moved into the lead of the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort

Licata moves into lead on final day
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/24/09

LAS VEGAS – Louis Licata, 49, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, started Saturday’s final day of the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship with seconditis, but the one winner he found put him into the early-afternoon lead.

New Yorker on top as final day of NHC begins
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/24/09

LAS VEGAS - Thomas Mooney, 55, of Lindenhurst, N.Y., enters the final day as the leader of the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship with a score of $152 but he's only halfway to the finish line.

Financial analyst shows way after Day 1 of NHC
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/23/09

LAS VEGAS - Friday's opening day of the two-day Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship didn't have a ton of longshots, but that was fine with Thomas Mooney, 55, of Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Mooney takes the lead
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/23/09

LAS VEGAS – On a day that has had chalk ruling the mandatory races, Thomas Mooney, 55, of Lindenhurst, N.Y., has been finding winners with his optional plays to take the lead late in the opening day of the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort.

Rotell jumps out in front
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/23/09

LAS VEGAS – Joe Rotell of Farrell, Pa., is the unofficial early leader in the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort.

Late invitee joins lineup as tourney begins
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/23/09

A full field of 302 broke from the gate Friday morning in the 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort.

A title on the line in Vegas
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/22/09

LAS VEGAS - The 10th annual Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship takes place here Friday and Saturday at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, with 301 horseplayers battling for $962,000 in prize money.

Several find savior in 56-1 bomber
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/22/09

LAS VEGAS - It was better late than never for the five horseplayers that earned the final spots in this weekend's Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort.

NHC champion defeated competition, cancer
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/22/09

LAS VEGAS - Richard Goodall beat the odds in 2008.
He won the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at the Red Rock Resort here last January over 274 other contestants. In the two-day tournament, which has players make 15 mythical $2 win-and-place wagers each day, he not only won with a score of $272.30 in mutuel payoffs, but his $78 margin of victory was more than twice the previous record in the nine years of the NHC.

Tourney offers last chance for NHC X
By Dave Tuley - Posted 1/22/09

LAS VEGAS - The 10th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship takes place here Friday and Saturday at the Red Rock Resort with the biggest finals in its history.