The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced today that NHCQualify.com, the official online qualifying site of the National Handicapping Championship, will offer a new awards pool and a $1 million bonus tied to tournament play on NHCQualify.com in 2016.
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Sun, 01/24/2016 - 09:40
The 17thDaily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship begins Thursday at Treasure Island on the Las Vegas Strip. And I wish every horseplayer could have the experience of just being at the NHC if not actually participating in it, because it really is an event with electricity quite unlike anything else.
The Breeders’ Cup announced that registration is now open for the seventh annual Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge, presented by West Point Thoroughbreds.
The BCBC will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31, at the 2015 Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland and at five satellite locations across the country, up from two in 2014. New locations Del Mar, Gulfstream Park, and a Las Vegas satellite to be named at a later date join Santa Anita Park and Aqueduct.
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The more they asked, the more he gave. Steven Wells accomplished the improbable in the Santa Anita Betting Challenge, riding a relatively low first day score all the way to victory in the two-day event.
On Sunday, the National Handicapping Championship Tour returns to NHCQualify.com, the official qualifying site of the NHC, for an event that will send up to five players to Las Vegas next January. Buy-in costs $165.
Here are the races for the contest:
4:00 Gulfstream 7
4:10 Tampa 8
4:30 Gulfstream 8
4:40 Tampa 9
5:00 Gulfstream 9
5:10 Tampa 10
5:14 Oaklawn 7
5:30 Santa Anita 5
5:42 Oaklawn 8
6:00 Santa Anita 6
6:10 Oaklawn 9
6:30 Santa Anita 7
John O’Neil, a small-business owner from Huntington Station, N.Y., became the 16th winner of the National Handicapping Championship on Sunday night at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. He got a check for $800,000 for his efforts.
O’Neil is a handicapping contest veteran. He has won numerous smaller tournaments back East, including three in a row at one point at Suffolk OTB and two at the Meadowlands. This was the fifth time he’d qualified for the NHC – his best previous finish was in 2011 when he ended up 16th.
The single most cited reason why horseplayers love handicapping contests is the camaraderie. Lifelong friendships are made in the contest room. But having friends in the contest doesn't just mean you'll have more fun - it can also help you win.
John O’Neil won $800,000 at the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in a field that included 606 entries. Over the three-day tournament, he compiled a score of $327.20 from 47 mythical $2 win and place bets – 15 each on Friday and Saturday, 10 in Sunday morning’s Final 50 contest, and seven in the climactic Final Table contest exclusive to the overall top 10. The NHC offered record overall prize money of $2.363 million.
O’Neil, 74, a small-business owner from Huntington Station, N.Y., described his work life.
The 16th annual DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship is down to 10 players, led by Ken Jordan of Farmingdale, N.J., and his $283.30 bankroll. The 10 leaders will compete in the Final Table tournament this afternoon to settle the ultimate placings, including the $800,000 first-place prize and Eclipse Award winner.
Bob Neumeier, the longtime NBC Sports handicapper and Boston sportscaster, won the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Charity Challenge on Saturday. A check in Neumeier’s name for $5,000 will be made to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement nonprofit with farms in Kentucky and upstate New York, and another $5,000 to a charity of his choosing.