LAS VEGAS – The Treasure Island Hotel & Casino held the Last Chance qualifier Thursday for this weekend’s $1.5 million Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship, and they came from all over for the five berths that were up for grabs.
LAS VEGAS – Finalists at the $1.5 million Daily Racing Form / NTRA National Handicapping Championship this Friday and Saturday will be able to double their pleasure by making a best bet on each day of the contest.
Mark Streiff, a 56-year-old financial consultant from Mission Viejo, Calif., has been awarded $75,000 as the top points earner in the National Handicapping Championship Tour after distancing his rivals in the yearlong series.
Participants in the annual National Handicapping Championship next year will be able to designate one of their 15 selections each day as a “best bet” that will earn the player twice the payoff if the selection is a winner, the organizers of the tournament announced on Friday.
LAS VEGAS – Three horseplayers joined NHC 13 winner Michael Beychok in earning berths into next year's Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in a qualifying tournament held Sunday at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino.
LAS VEGAS – What's the difference between $150,000 and $1 million?
One dollar.
That was the margin of victory as Michael Beychok became horse racing's latest millionaire by winning the 13th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in the final race Saturday to claim the $1 million first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Handicapper of the Year.
LAS VEGAS – Early in the second and final day of the 13th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship, there was little movement on the leaderboard as low-priced horses were coming in from coast to coast.
And, then, bam! Alan Levitt, who was in second after yesterday's action moved into first place over Day 1 leader Nolan White shortly after 11 a.m. Pacific.
LAS VEGAS – Call it beginner's luck if you want, but Nolan White hopes it continues.
White, a 36-year-old attorney from Canton, Texas, leads after the first day of the 13th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship presented by Sovereign Stable. There are 480 horse handicappers vying for the record $1 million first-place prize and title of 2011 Handicapper of the Year. NHC XIII concludes Saturday at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino, which is hosting the finals for the first time.
LAS VEGAS - Will slow and steady win the race?
The 13th annual Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship started off with 26 of the record 482 qualifiers hitting a 30-1 longshot in the first mandatory race, but halfway through Day 1 of the two-day finals that pays $1 million to the 2011 Handicapper of the Year, Phil Hoedebeck, 49, of Wichita Falls, Texas, has moved into the lead as of 2 p.m. Pacific time.
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