Beat Byk Online NHC Challenge

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As of July 14, 2025

Name	Beat Byk	Total
Daniel Camoro	200	200
SALLY GOODALL	200	200
Sam Raur	200	200
Bill Zvara	200	200
Ron Rios	200	200
Brett Bayouth	200	200
Jim Henry	200	200
Brian Troop	200	200
John Williams	200	200
Bruce Williams	200	200
Brian Tibbels	200	200
Byron Brown	200	200
Cliff Andree	200	200
Dale Ijames	200	200
Greg DuBos	200	200
Dan Roller	200	200
Dean McKenzie	200	200
David Barnier	200	200
Samuel Popkoff	200	200
David Erwin	200	200
Bob Jeffery	200	200
Dennis Desenberg	200	200
gordon maruya	200	200
Erin Doty-McQuaid	200	200
Scott Eyraud	200	200
Janet Allaire	200	200
CHRISTINA HARTLESS	200	200
Joseph Church	200	200
Rory Arnold	200	200
Joseph Notar	200	200
William Church	200	200
Keith Ensign	200	200
Steven Gleason	200	200
Keith Van Lanen	200	200
Steve Lawrence	200	200
Ken Gribek	200	200
Kimberley Nixon	200	200
Ken Picciano	200	200
Christopher OLSSON	200	200
Kenneth Evans	200	200
Robert Schwartz	200	200
Larry Burns	200	200
John Osterbauer	200	200
Les Percy	200	200
Laurie Seifert	200	200
Lisa Rios	200	200
Troy Heard	200	200
Mark Keenan	200	200
Linda Rodriguez	200	200
Patrick Kane	200	200
Junior Wong	200	200
Paul Maliszewski	200	200
William Casper	200	200
Paul Weizer	200	200
Jim Goodman	200	200
ralph conte	200	200
Vince Piscitelli	200	200
Steve Hendricks	200	200
Vince Antonacci	200	200
STEVE LEEPER	200	200
c.j. borchert	200	200
Steve Taracks	200	200
Rick Chriswell	200	200
Thomas O'Neill	200	200
james daraklis	200	200
Wes Kinman	200	200
al Frelk	200	200
William Thompson	200	200
James Hall	200	200
Jeffrey Schmitz	200	200
Larry Kraynak	200	200
Margaret Owens	200	200
David Mackler	200	200
Paul Jensen	200	200
Thomas McNamara	200	200
LOUIS KRYCHEAR	200	200
Nicholas Picardo	200	200
Barbara Lordi	200	200
Frederick Troisi	200	200
John Millili	200	200
Jim Stirr	200	200
Anson Clark	100	100
Kyle Snowden	100	100
JOHN BECKFORD	100	100
Michael Arena	100	100
Dave Socko	100	100
Michael Cirelli	100	100
sylvain paulhus	100	100
michael odorisio	100	100
Brandt Scholz	100	100
Michael Pruzinsky	100	100
Gabriel Astacio	100	100
Michael Rosamilia	100	100
David Helon	100	100
Michael Vito	100	100
Noah Meagher	100	100
Michael Webb	100	100
Jonathan Thorne	100	100
Mike Klodnicki	100	100
GREGG THOMAS	100	100
Neil OBrien	100	100
Joanne Robelen	100	100
Norm Pettus	100	100
Joseph Eckert	100	100
oconnell benjamin	100	100
Anthony Ciarico	100	100
Dean Malizia	100	100
Kirk Albin	100	100
Chris Drussell	100	100
Dustin Jamison	100	100
Diane Brew	100	100
Mark Bogdanoff	100	100
Don Brodeur	100	100
Marta Nilsen	100	100
Ralph Delgado	100	100
Bill Robelen	100	100
Raymond Kuklinski	100	100
Joel Hanson	100	100
Rich Nilsen	100	100
Michelle Mcsweeney	100	100
Richard Loftus	100	100
Ralph DeBartelo	100	100
Rick Tangeman	100	100
James Gaine	100	100
Robert Carlson	100	100
Stephen Berdar	100	100
Robert Hahn	100	100
Shaun Khwalsingh	100	100
Robert Tacher	100	100
Anthony Allen	100	100
Robin Buser	100	100
Jack Bowen	100	100
Ronald Romens	100	100
Bronson Cambra	100	100
Sam Sample	100	100
Kent Crossley	100	100
Scott Ksionzyk	100	100
Rich Greene	100	100
Scott Pearson	100	100
Jon Hochberg	100	100
Seth Bloomquist	100	100
Michael Koblenz	100	100
Sharon Roller	100	100
Robert Latimer	100	100
Shaun Rau	100	100
Kevin McCabe	100	100
Stephen Diaz	100	100
Justin Morocco	100	100
DREW KOCSI	100	100
Marcus Owens	100	100
Ellen Patrick-Leavell	100	100
Frank Queen	100	100
Elliott Clegg	100	100
Russ Sapienza	100	100
steven cooper	100	100
Matthew Thomas	100	100
Steven Schmidt	100	100
Jennifer White	100	100
Terrence Severson	100	100
Mike Coutu	100	100
Chris Piper	100	100
Paul Roth	100	100
Thomas Remily	100	100
al d benton	100	100
Tim Mazanec	100	100
Traci Richards	100	100
Tim Row	100	100
Louis Constan	100	100
tim smith	100	100
Chad Passante	100	100
Timothy Betthauser	100	100
Jean Demarzo	100	100
Timothy Masek	100	100
John Schulist	100	100
TJ Sonde	100	100
Chuck Brower	100	100
Todd pladsen	100	100
Christopher Larmey	100	100
Tom Brew	100	100
andreia accarino	100	100
Tom Congalosi	100	100
Colin Sheehan	100	100
Tom Dillon	100	100
Allan Bibighaus	100	100
Tom Rapps	100	100
Shaun Broderick	100	100
Tony McGuire	100	100
PHILIP CAVINO	100	100
Travis Allison	100	100
Phil Ciprello	100	100
Faith Moss	100	100
Mario Dirocco	100	100
William Norris	100	100
Courtney Fields	100	100
Francine Bogdanoff	100	100
Kyle Allaire	100	100
William Blake Jr.	100	100
Robert Gusty	100	100
Carm Adimando	100	100
Leonard Wong	100	100
David Osborne	100	100
Eric Isaacson	100	100
Harriet Glassman	100	100
Linda Kissman	100	100
Doug Harmon	100	100
Daniel Kovalesky	100	100
Fritz Brado	100	100
Jerry Kruse	100	100
Gaylord Grundy	100	100
David Lupo	100	100
Stephen Spinelli	100	100
James Maita	100	100
Tanya Taylor	100	100
David Porco	100	100
Steve Wolfson, Sr.	100	100
Mark Mitchell	100	100
Jesse Bails	100	100
Thomas Nanni	100	100
Karen Baker	100	100
Jason ODell	100	100
John Buckley	100	100
James Pacailler	100	100
Richard Cesternino	100	100
Christopher Podratz	100	100
William Clark	100	100
Matthew Rentze	100	100
Elin Feng	100	100
Harry Roth	100	100
Robert Frank	100	100
Marc Stateler	100	100
Rich Gesiakowski	100	100
Matthew Nixon	100	100
Gary Gristick	100	100
Malcolm Esquerre	100	100
Chris Hutts	100	100
Mark Gillis	100	100
Gene Menez	100	100
david battersby	100	100
Geoffrey Gazzuolo	100	100
John Cleary	100	100
Will LaTulippe	100	100
Shane Kruse	100	100
Tommy Lenberg	100	100
John Lavelle	100	100
George Smith	100	100
sheldon silver	100	100
John Mannarino	100	100
Daven Turner	100	100
George Sterry	100	100
Frank D'Angelo	100	100
gina turner	100	100
Lynn Grace	100	100
Joshua Pearl	100	100
Robert Seifert	100	100
Gary Petersen	100	100
David Charlton	100	100
Giuseppe Digeso	100	100
Dave Eymann	100	100
Evan Porco	100	100
Chuck LeFevre	100	100
Wes Preble	100	100
NICHOLAS Shirilla	100	100
Jennifer Sandore	100	100
Ron Meister	100	100
Greg Winkler	100	100
Michael Teal	100	100
Dan Smith	100	100
Lawrence Goldman	100	100
Jose suarez	100	100
Pat Murphy	100	100
Cary Tate	100	100
fredric accarino	100	100
Stephen Tracy	100	100
John Toyama	100	100
Vic Vickers	100	100
Franco Pacione	100	100
Douglas Wenzl	100	100
Edward Thomas	100	100
Hank Uffmann	100	100
Douglas Kempt	100	100
Pete Potocki	100	100
Bill Alberg	100	100
Henry Wessel	100	100
Mark Anania	100	100
Rob Day	100	100
Karen Richards	100	100
J. Bill Sosh	100	100
Bob Bialek	100	100
Cliff Chiasson	100	100
Craig Koff	100	100
Toshi Sakauye	100	100
Farley Brinsfield	100	100
Danny Whittaker	100	100
Grant Buckoski	100	100
David Updike	100	100
William Carlson-TX	100	100
Eric Wing	100	100
David Chevalier	100	100
Evans Fotos	100	100
Darryl Hackworth	100	100
Bob Farah	100	100
Carl Coppola	100	100
Iain Adamson	100	100
Joe DiBruno	100	100
John Marino	100	100
Francis Drew	100	100
Chad Tyler	100	100
Patti Elliott	100	100
Brian Van Alstyne	100	100
Glenn Fields	100	100
Brian Williams	100	100
Joe Gennaro	100	100
Alvin Dufauchard	100	100
Johnny Graham	100	100
James Michelson Jr	100	100
Daniel Guidry	100	100
Tim Herrstrom	100	100
Amy Brantley	100	100
Mitchell Smith	100	100
Bev Hendry	100	100
PAM PISCITELLI	100	100
GORDON HOBSON	100	100
Paul Mahre	100	100
William Holmes	100	100
Phil Rizzi	100	100
robert jacobson	100	100
Jay Row	100	100
Bill Kellish	100	100
James Sherman	100	100
timothy knapp	100	100
Seth Merrow	100	100
Carl Kocsi	100	100
William Carlson	100	100
Amy Krauss	100	100
David Matheny, II	100	100
Geno Kroska	100	100
Brandon Baker	100	100
Darwin Labordo	100	100
Melissa Gielata	100	100
David McPfimeloronti	100	100
Christopher Harte	100	100
Gary Machiz	100	100
Phil Hoedebeck	100	100
Kenneth Magner	100	100
Jason Avila	100	100
Marc May	100	100
David Pyrz	100	100
Timothy Mchugh	100	100
Jeff VanDrie	100	100
Mark McGuire	100	100
JEFFREY AMSTER	100	100
Philip Mersinger	100	100
Jim Dougherty	100	100
Tim Moline	100	100
Joseph Burke	100	100
Daniel Mullen	100	100
Steven Unowsky	100	100
Brenda Nellums	100	100
ROBERT FLEMING	100	100
Mark Rudy	100	100
thomas mastandrea	100	100
Rickey Olsen	100	100
Charles Hogan	100	100
Gary Ozanich	100	100
Joe Hyerczyk	100	100
Kevin Paley	100	100
Stephen Kronick	100	100
Mark Stillmock	100	100
Jon Lindo	100	100
Vincent Quaranta	100	100
michael mainzer	100	100
Matt Lindner	100	100
Toby Simonds	100	100
Frederick Reynolds	100	100
Dave Nichols	100	100
Thomas Rofrano	100	100
Jonathan Pac	100	100
Michael Saletta	100	100
Mark Sturza	100	100
ERIC SCHROTBERGER	100	100
Paul Thorson	100	100
Derek Strom, Sr.	100	100
Jon Van Niel	100	100
Thomas Tramontana	100	100
Ren Zamora	100	100
Frank Turner	100	100
JIM BENES	100	100
Rick Broth	100	100
Tauno Vannucci	100	100
Jonathan Zvara	100	100
Sean Williams	100	100
Kevin Walsh	100	100
William Kimok	100	100

Feeder	Date	Track	Race	Byk's Pick	Winner	Type	Winners	New Qualifiers	Total Qualifiers
1	12-Jul	Saratoga	11	#1 She Feels Pretty	#4 Excellent Truth	Beat Byk	187	187	187
2	13-Jul	Saratoga	9	#1 Jet Sweep Joe	#2 Governor Sam	Beat Byk	288	206	393

Official Rules

Steve Byk will pick a horse in one stakes race every Saturday and Sunday, and on Monday, September 1 during the promotional period (every weekend beginning July 10 through September 1). Each Thursday 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 13. Byk’s selections will be announced no later than each Friday. There will be 17 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 13 Beat Byk Challenge Online Qualifier. Participants can win ONE entry into the September 13 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 -$350 HP credit, 3^rd place – $250 HP credit, 4^th place – $150 HP credit, 5^th place – $100 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.

1. The individual selecting the most winners that beat Byk will be declared a prize winner.
2. 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.
3. 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 13 Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier. Anyone who “Beats Byk” in any of the weekly contests and is not a 2025 NHC Tour member will be able to join the 2024 NHC Tour for a special offer of only $10 (membership good through February 22, 2025). 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 February 22, 2025) to be eligible to win the NHC spot. Memberships may not be transferred to the 2026-2027 NHC Tour.
The winner or the highest ranking NHC Tour member of the Beat Byk Online Qualifier on September 13 will represent At the Races at the 2026 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 of $500 and a four-night complimentary stay at Horseshoe Las Vegas, the official host site of the 2026 NHC.
Participants who qualify for the September 13 Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier will receive information on how to register for the online qualifier prior to September 13.
The NHC prize package winner will be announced after a 48-hour audit period.
The winner of the NHC will win an estimated $800,000 and an Eclipse Award as the Horseplayer of the Year.
No purchase necessary. A secondary prize of $250 cash will be available to the overall winner if he or she is not an NHC Tour member.

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