BEAT BYK NHC ONLINE QUALIFIER

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Steve Byk, host of the acclaimed Thoroughbred radio news magazine “At the Races” on Sirius XM, is once again partnering with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) to send one NHC Tour member to Las Vegas to compete in the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) next year.

The “Beat Byk NHC Challenge” will run from July 18-Sept. 6. During that promotional period, Byk will pick a horse in one stakes race each Saturday and Sunday and listeners will be encouraged to log in to https://www.ntra.com/beatbyk/ where they will either use Byk’s selection to win the featured race or try to beat Byk by selecting another horse.

All who correctly select the winning horse in each round advance to a September 12 NHC online qualifier limited to winning participants from the weekly promotions. Participants may qualify once into the September online qualifier during the promotional period. The winner of the “Beat Byk” Online Qualifier in September will then represent “At the Races” at the 2021 NHC.

Points will be calculated for alternate prizes in the “Beat Byk” Challenge. Participants will receive 100 points if they beat Byk and 50 points if they bet with Byk to win the featured race. The top 5 point leaders will receive HorsePlayers.com credits as prizes (1^stplace – $500 HP credit, 2^nd place -$200 HP credit, 3^rd place – $200 HP credit, 4^th place – $200 HP credit, 5^th place – $200 HP credit).

NHC Tour membership is required to compete in the September online qualifier. In addition, any participant who “Beats Byk” in any of the weekly contests and is not already a Tour member will be able to join the NHC Tour for a special offer of only $4.99 for the remainder of the 2020 NHC Tour. Those who “Bet with Byk” and win a spot in the NHC online qualifier by picking the winner will be required to join the Tour ($50 annual membership good through January 31, 2021) to be eligible to win the NHC spot.

Participants in the September qualifier must be NHC Tour members in order to be eligible to win the NHC berth. A secondary prize of $250 cash will be available to the overall winner if he or she is not an NHC Tour member.

“At the Races with Steve Byk” is Thoroughbred racing’s only national daily news and talk show. The show also streams live on stevebyk.com.

Beat Byk August 15

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Please use the same name throughout the entire series, or the name that is on your NHC Tour membership.
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Please use the same email throughout the entire series, or the email that is on your NHC Tour membership.
Saratoga, Race 8*
Byk Pick: #7 Field Pass
Alternate: #5 Gufo
- #1 Bama Breeze
- #2 Decorated Invader
- #3 No Word
- #4 Domestic Spending
- #5 Gufo
- #6 Colonel Liam
- #7 Field Pass
- #8 Get Smokin

Leaderboard

updated 8/11/2020

BeatByk Qualifier	Points
XIANG GUO	600
Timothy Armstrong	600
Justin Waitekus	500
Barry Gapen	500
Julia Eiss	500
Brent Pollak	500
Paul Kloeker	500
Chas Glazer	500
John Osterbauer	500
Jose Suarez	500
Lloyd Yazbek	400
David Erwin	400
Tim Mazanec	400
ruben lopez	400
Gary Blakely	400
Matthew Nixon	400
Hank Uffmann	400
Rick Hammerle	400
James Wilson	400
Steve Leeper	400
Joel Larson	400
Tom Bartzsch	400
John Bland	400
Norm Pettus	400
Andy Pham	400
Peter Deys	400
tom mcnamara	400
Robert Day	400
Colin Sheehan	400
Russ Sapienza	400
Dan Roller	400
Terry Ostrowski	400
Dave Lengel	400
David McCarty	400
Mark Keenan	400
Dennis Desenberg	400
Mark McNulty	400
Yolanda Labordo	400
Joseph Hyerczyk	400
Lyle Nordby	400
Brooks Schuler	300
Kyle Newcomb	300
Steven Benson	300
randy delagardelle	300
Pete Potocki	300
Thomas Dillon	300
Brandon Hartsch	300
John Esterbrook	300
George Howard	300
Harris Factor	300
Christopher Olsson	300
Curtis Kalleward	300
John Powers	300
ARTHUR KALLNER	300
Cody Clark	300
Keith Van Lanen	300
Terry Kinsley	300
john verdin	300
Barbara Lordi	300
Eric Astrom	300
ken mccourt	300
Ellis Starr	300
Matthew Myers	300
George Smith	300
Paul Aussenhofer	300
steve sorohan	300
Richard Sugimoto	300
Daniel Kovalesky	300
Allan Blommaert	300
John Pinder	300
franco Pacione	300
Jonathan Cummings	300
Roxanne D'Salles	300
Brian Callaghan	300
Jason Saetta	300
david battersby	300
John Cleary	300
Joseph KASPERSKI	300
Erin Doty-McQuaid	300
Bob Farah	300
Richard Gaetano	300
David Kiser	300
Frank Scott	300
kerry showalter	300
George Ferdinand	300
Larry Snow	300
dan hartmann	300
patrick christianson	300
timothy knapp	300
leonard ficarelle	300
Trey Stiles	300
Byron Brown	300
Travis Allison	300
Alan Levitt	300
Jeff Breskey	300
mark kauffman	300
Paul Langley	300
Chris Harte	300
ralph conte	300
Chris Podratz	300
RICHARD GOODALL	300
mark robbens	300
Frank Natale	300
mark skaggs	300
Robert Tacher	300
Mark Winland	300
Chris Williams	300
Matt Amato	300
Brent Budd	300
Don Pham	300
Terrence Severson	300
Matthew Ransdell	300
Thomas ONeill	300
michael mainzer	300
JEFFREY AMSTER	300
MICHAEL ODORISIO	300
Toby Simonds	300
Michael Vito	300
Daniel Duran	300
Mike Coutu	300
Tyler Whisman	300
Mike Illies	300
john gamane	300
Mike Klodnicki	300
Lou Arellano	300
MIKE MAHONY	300
Stephen Berdar	300
Donald Brodeur	300
John Gencius	300
Paul Clark	300
Laura Arth	300
Cindy Kinsley	200
CAREY DUMELE	200
David Joy	200
Christopher Larmey	200
Christopher Daigle	200
Mark LoneTree	200
Dennis Erwood	200
Deborah Clark	200
William Ender	200
paul maliszewski	200
Janet Allaire	200
Greg DuBos	200
Ron Kaufmann	200
Scott McGovern	200
Jack Dicenso	200
Mike Moyer	200
Gunther Blankenship	200
Daniel Mullen	200
Toby Moore	200
Keith Fenton	200
Christopher Dewey	200
Travis Foelsch	200
Walter Hanson	200
ronnie ogle	200
Thomas Barone	200
Rick Goldfarb	200
Steven Franckowiak	200
Peter Ottignon	200
Darwin Labordo	200
Rich Peritore	200
Kevin Cox	200
Rich Greene	200
John Martin	200
tom griendling	200
Garhett Talerico	200
Jodi Quinn	200
phil hoedebeck	200
Tim Row	200
Larry Burns	200
Robert Schindler	200
Rich Loftus	200
Claire Haines	200
Benjamin Beychok	200
Tim Smith	200
Chris Mcdonald	200
Karen Richards	200
Mark Richards	200
Jon Van Niel	200
Tom Glisch	200
Joseph DeVivo	200
Bill Duncliffe	200
RALPH MAGNETTI	200
William Cook	200
Michael Wilson	200
Peter Dresens	200
Amanda Henderson	200
Sally Goodall	200
DAVE WANG	200
Wayne Kwan	200
Dan Weisenburger	200
DOMINIC RICCIO	200
Danny Whittaker	200
gina turner	200
Charley Witt	200
thuy deys	200
Ryan Yates	200
Bill Kocher	200
Thomas Herman	200
Teresa Newcomb	200
Brett Wiener	200
Dennis Decauwer	200
Dan Churilla	200
Dave Socko	200
Richard Harwood	200
steve stange	200
Mark Stahl	200
george sterry	200
Gerard Tait	200
Michael Sheehan	200
Sharon Roller	200
William Epp	200
John Straube	200
Chris Martucci	200
John Barna	200
Don Taylor	200
TERRANCE SMITH	200
lisa showalter	200
tony calabrese	200
Allan Corns	200
Brett Bayouth	200
Lynn Zvara	200
Chad Schexnayder	200
Doug Durso	200
David Helon	200
Mark Gillis	200
Thomas Nanni	200
Doug Miller	200
Joseph DeRogatis	200
Douglas Schenk	200
WESLEY BURKS	200
Edward Bowen	200
Katherine Morse	200
Elliott Clegg	200
Kirk Albin	200
Bob Lunny	200
Ron Deutsch	200
Ernest Hey Jr	200
Ryan Henderson	200
Faith Moss	200
Steve Cooper	200
Matthew Ache	200
John Kostin	200
Brandon Kupcinet	200
Chad Scianna	200
Matthew Parsons	200
THOMAS PERROT	200
Anthony Calo	200
Bill Alberg	200
Michael Dority	200
David Reid	200
Michael Lindner	200
Joseph Koury	200
Anthony Virgin	200
William Brinkley	200
Michael Martinez	200
Julie Loboyko	200
Fred Bamberger	200
Ken Gribek	200
Andrew Morisch	200
Kevin Karst	200
Michelle Podratz	200
Dino Herrera	200
Daniel Gromada	200
robert weir	200
Glenn Yee	200
David Dalton	200
Brian Gallagher	200
David Gutfreund	200
Ivan Lopez	200
Salvatore Rinaldo	200
Mike Weaver	200
sheldon silver	200
Myles Richards	200
Steve Gleason	200
Nicholas Waryas	200
Steve Mercieca	200
Butch Carroll	200
STEVEN MULHALL	200
Jarrad Creager	200
John Millili	200
Jason Phillips	200
Thomas Kutchenriter	200
Dave Simmons	200
David LaMarre	200
Paul Roth	200
thomas riccobono	200
Paul Weizer	200
Tim Whelan	200
Chad Lashbrook	200
DAVID PANKENIER	200
Jeffrey Bowman	200
David Porco	200
Ralph Lough	200
tom sonde	200
Randy Bauer	200
Tony Fannin	200
Raymond Kuklinski	200
David Sierman	200
Rich Gesiakowski	200
William Banghart	200
Jeffrey Jolliffe	200
WILLIAM CASPER	200
Jim Dougherty	200
William Wolf	200
Jim Stirr	200
David Updike	200
joe delagardelle	200
Clifford Andree	200
Rick Mowery	200
Bill Hahn	200
Rick Tangeman	200
stephen Beck	200
Robert Cole	200
james bernard	200
David Browning	200
Larry Kerr	200
Robert Masterton	200
Robert Pennell	200
Mark Carson	200
bill riehl	100
Scott Prestridge	100
MARK TURCHIK	100
Craig Koff	100
Rick Reynolds	100
LEONARD KOSITSKY	100
Linda Rodriguez	100
Eugene Kroska Jr	100
Jack Dowd	100
Jim Tenner	100
Dave Eymann	100
ciaran thornton	100
Jamie Michelson	100
Josh Thorpe	100
Michael Howatt	100
Brian Troop	100
Chris Piper	100
Marlyse Labordo	100
Kelly Breckner	100
Eric Lange	100
Paul Lambros	100
Robert Greiner	100
Jesse Bails	100
Henry Wessel	100
Thomas Kappel	100
Kirk White	100
Steve Wolfson, Sr.	100
Will LaTulippe	100
Chad Anshelewitz	100
Jodi Wilgard	100
Patrick Grippo	100
Bruce Williams	100
Cheryl Knepper	100
Chris Littlemore	100
Michelle Mcsweeney	100
Junior WONG	100
christopher seruga	100
bill wussow	100
Brett Wilburn	100
Alan Logan	100
Erick Counts	100
Arthur Detoro	100
William Kerins	100
Bill Zvara	100
David Matheny	100
Jonathan Zvara	100
John Vail	100
Alec Porco	100
robert carlson	100
O. King Hackley III	100
gary gristick	100
Tina Luke Byk	100
Sean Nolan	100
Dustin Schlobohm	100
William White	100
Jann Lunny	100
Darryl Hackworth	100
Derek Deutsch	100
Sal Monaco	100
John Marino	100
Barry Rice	100
John Fisher	100
Scott Eyraud	100
Jeff Forrest	100
Timothy Nolan	100
Gerard Mcclenin	100
Jonathan Jobe	100
David Harrison	100
Christopher Lavezza	100
Lisa Day	100
Daniel McCormick	100
D. Marie Gray	100
Michael Rosamilia	100
Paul Cavanaugh	100
Matt Kasowicz	100
Ralph Pearce	100
Chip sutch	100
Kevin McIntyre	100
rich vioral	100
Jay Row	100
Fredric Accarino	100
James McKenna	100
Ron Chittick	100
Victor Hartsch	100
Joe Kauffman	100
Louis Melone	100
Shawn Heron	100
Louis Constan	100
Ken Kieras	100
Barbara Stubblebine	100
Jim Sciuto	100
Sarah Wiener	100
Chuck McCall	100
Linda Daly	100
Douglas Kellam	100
Philip Mersinger	100
Steve Benveniste	100
Fred Dizonno	100
Mark Bertolucci	100
Margaret Odorisio	100
Timothy Clark	100
Anne Faulconer	100
Nisan Gabbay	100
Daniel Hart	100
Dan Hart	100
David Charlton	100
Cynthia Lambert	100
Daven Turner	100
Edgar Polania	100
Frank D'Angelo	100
Ryan Tyreman	100
Georgann Burton	100
Richard Wilkinson	100
Lynn Engleman	100
ROBERT WOODS	100
David Muse	100
David Crail	100
Jessica Richards	100
Joe DeRogatis	100
Sam Sample	100
Steve Kleinertz	100
Anthony Sondergaard	100
George Carr	100
BRITT THOBE	100
Traci Richards	100
Salvatore Monaco	100
Timothy Bockhorn	100
Dan Desena	100
Frank Foss	100
Stephen Cassidy	100
Dagmar Gustafsson	100
Georgia Hunt	100
Doug Hargus	100
Stanley Mitchell	100
Joe Jarvie	100
Tim Betthauser	100
Lawrence Kahlden	100
John Iannone	100
Lisa Rios	100
Thomas Remily	100
Gregory lewis	100
Mark Odorisio	100
Gordon Maruya	100
Joseph Aiello	100
dylan mcintosh	100
PATRICK O'CONNOR	100
Tom Goodman	100
Bryan Ingram	100
Victor Pasquariello	100
bob jacobson	100
Michael Pirrung	100
john black	100
Michael Riley	100
Howard Blumberg	100
Andrew Sgroi	100
Barbara Buckley	100
Ronald Tang	100
Danny Chavez	100
bob rubin	100
David Conover	100
Michael Webb	100
Brian Johnson	100
Mark Wilgard	100
Christian Parker	100
Stanley Bavlish	100
Dale Day	100
Robin Buser	100
keith day	100
Thomas Rusnak	100
John Dobrzynski	100
Ray Davis	100
David Durkin	100
Eric Gielata	100
Bruce Francisco	100
Raymond Hassan	100
Anthony Peterkin	100
Marc Infante	100
Randy Gallo	100
John Kerwin	100
matthew garofalo	100
Greg Knepper	100
Dwight Peterson	100
Chuck LeFevre	100
Dale Holman	100
Doug Massie	100
gloria kahlden	100
Vincent Mazzotta	100
gregory kasbar	100
Sean OMalley	100
John Fish	100
Loyal Sprague	100
David Pyrz	100
Kirk Tesar	100
Kathleen Locke	100
Roland Connor	100
nick masesso	100
Wes Robelen	100
Michael Masterton	100
Mike Barker	100
Michael Mutnansky	100
Robert Buck	100
Michael Olsav-Hudock	100
Tony Chaney	100
sylvain paulhus	100
Gene Davenport	100
Josh Pearl	100
Thomas Fuller	100
Peter Potocki	100
CHRIS GOODALL	100
Michael Pugliese	100
Doug Harmon	100
Tom Reed	100
Mike Iannone	100
Robert Fleming	100
Scott Ksionzyk	100
Tim Roberts	100
Dave Nichols	100
Jason Savarese	100
Noel Pink	100
Chris Rascher	100
Eugene Demarzo	100
Joe Szwab	100
george shamy	100
Jay Amster	100
Tanya Taylor	100
Paul Petit	100
John Cilia	100
Roger Jones	100
Thomas Rittenhouse	100
James Hom	100
Wayne Atwell	100
Pete Mackin	100
Jamie Bulnes	100
Keith Nodskov	100
Tom Dillon	100
philip webber	100
William Holobowski	100
Keith Valentine	100
james perri	100
Anson Farris	100
John Curran	100
Ken Smithers	100
MICHAEL HARRIS	100
Raymond Garcia	100
Donald Dedden	100
Kent Gerber	100
Mike Mutnansky	100
Kerry Bassore	100
Monte Zurlo	100
Richard Dahlgren	100
Susan Arellano	100
Edward Fitzsimons	100
Chris Bertolucci	100
Edwin Synowiecki	100
Douglas Wenzl	100
Kevin Willett	100
Matthew Rentze	100
RICHARD TROBAUGH	100
Fred Jr. Speck	100
Rick Emrich	100
Chris Robelen	100
Jay Sloan	100
gary prideaux	100
Rick Mann	100
Jon Lindo	100
Jeff Sandler	100
Gus Meyers	100
Elizabeth Constan	100
William Clark	100
Brad Hughes	100
William Kimok	100
David Eckels	100
James Delello	100
Robert Egan	100
Pamela Cunningham	100
Jeffrey Turkel	100
Patrick Lupinacci	100
Robert Osborne JR	100
Paul Groffie	100
Luke Turcotte	100
Justin Metacarpa	100
Robert Slote	100
Jon Carlson	100
Jerald Segall	100
allen davidow	100
Erix Rubin	100
David Karb	100
Mallory Kloeker	100
Melissa Gielata	100
Ron Frizzell	100
Michael Beychok	100
Ronald Romens	100
Michael Guisto	100
Mark Aylward	100
Frederick Hardt	100
Jim McColgan	100
Tom Biondi	100
Jim Mulvihill	100
Gary Kurtz	100
Mark Henderson	100
Michael Pink	100
Jim Murphy	100
John Tuttle	100
Samson Hamburger	100
Wade Chubbuck	100
Scott Little	100
Art Spalding	100
Albion Benton	100
Joseph Church	100
Mark MCGUIRE	100
William Church	100
Sinatra Jeter	100
Christopher Drussell	100
Stephan Gravina	100
William Hudgins	100
Stephen Kronick	100
William Robelen	100
Joanne Robelen	100
Colin Roach	100
STEVE DONLON	100
Kyle Allaire	100
Evan Porco	100
Gus Alonso	100
Joel Glassman	100
PAT THOBE	100
Mark Vitaliano	100
ray arsenault	100
Steve Ryan	100
Paul Caruso	100
David Essig	100
Leonard Bennett	100
Steve Yanni	100
James Suetholz	100
Mathew Levy	100
alex boguslav	100
Stewart Winograd	100
paul laurin	100
Derek Isenberg	100
Daniel Camoro	100
Caleb Knight	100
James Timinck	100
Matthew Cagno	100
Theresa Salerno	100

Full Rules:

Steve Byk will pick a horse in one stakes race every Saturday and Sunday during the promotional period (every weekend beginning July 20 through September 6). Each week throughout the promotion, Byk will select the weekend stakes races and announce them on At the Races and on his twitter page, @Steve_Byk, for a chance to qualify to the Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier held on September 12. Byk’s selections will be announced no later than each Friday. There will be 16 chances to qualify to the Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier during this promotional period.
There will be a Byk alternate selection in the case his horse scratches. The alternate will be designated Byk’s pick if his first selection scratches.
Participants can go to https://www.ntra.com/beatbyk/ where they may use Byk’s selection to win the featured race or try to beat Byk by selecting another horse.
Participants who select the winning horse (either using Byk’s selection or by beating Byk) will advance to the September 12 Beat Byk Challenge Online Qualifier. Participants can win ONE entry into the September 12 NHC online qualifier awarding the NHC prize package.
Points will be calculated for alternate prizes in the Beat Byk Challenge. Participants will receive 100 points if they beat Byk and 50 points if they bet with Byk to win the featured race. The top 5 point leaders will receive HorsePlayers.com credits as prizes (1^stplace – $500 HP credit, 2^nd place -$200 HP credit, 3^rd place – $200 HP credit, 4^th place – $200 HP credit, 5^th place – $200 HP credit).
TIEBREAKER: In the event of a tie of a top 5 finishing position for the HorsePlayers.com credits, the following tie-breaker procedure will be instituted.
The individual selecting the most winners that beat Byk will be declared a prize winner.
If a tie still exists following the initial tiebreaking procedure, the top finisher with the highest cumulative bankroll of the pari-mutuel payoffs will be declared a prize winner.
If a tie still exists following the initial two tiebreaking procedures, there will be a coin toss to determine the prize winner.
You may submit your selection up until the scheduled post time of the selected race. Each form will be time stamped. You may make changes to your selections, however, you will need to submit your name and email again with your updated pick. If your selection scratches and you fail to change your pick, you will automatically receive Steve’s Byk’s selection.
Anyone making or changing a selection after the scheduled post time will be disqualified.
NHC Tour membership is required to compete in the September 12 Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier. Anyone who “beats Byk” in any of the weekly contests and is not a 2020 NHC Tour member will be able to join the 2020 NHC Tour for a special offer of only $4.99 for the remainder of the 2020 NHC Tour. Those who “bet with Byk” and win a spot in the NHC online qualifier by picking the winner will be required to join the Tour ($50 annual membership good through January 31, 2021) to be eligible to win the NHC spot. Memberships may not be transferred to 2021.
The winner or the highest ranking NHC Tour member of the Beat Byk Online Qualifier on September 12 will represent At the Races at the 2021 NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC). In addition to earning a berth at the NHC, the eligible winner of the Beat Byk Challenge will win an airfare reimbursement up to $400 and a four-night complimentary stay at Bally’s Las Vegas, the official host site of the 2021 NHC. A secondary prize of $250 cash will be available to the overall winner if he or she is not an NHC Tour member.
Participants who qualify to the September 12 Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier will receive information on how to register for the online qualifier prior to September 12.
The NHC prize package winner will be announced after a 48-hour audit period.
The winner of the NHC will win $800,000 and an Eclipse Award as the Horseplayer of the Year.
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BEAT BYK NHC ONLINE QUALIFIER

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