Tourney Veteran David Gutfreund Wins 2018 NHC Tour Championship
By Noel Michaels Another year of intense competition on the National Horseplayers Championship Tour is in the books, and a new NHC Tour Champion has been crowned. The NHC [...]
Modernized Treasury/IRS Regulations Lead to Nearly 90% Reduction in Winning Pari-Mutuel Wagers Subject to Reporting and Withholding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Chamblin at (859) 621-1120 or kchamblin@ntra.com MODERNIZED TREASURY/IRS REGULATIONS LEAD TO NEARLY 90% REDUCTION IN WINNING PARI-MUTUEL WAGERS SUBJECT TO REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING Winning [...]
$1 Million Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge Set to Host an All-Star Field
By Noel Michaels The Breeders’ Cup is almost here, and for tournament players one of the annual highlights of Breeders’ Cup weekend is the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge [BCBC]. [...]
Eddie Olczyk Earns Horseplayers’ Respect as Handicapper and Cancer Survivor
Eddie Olczyk Earns Horseplayers’ Respect as Handicapper and Cancer Survivor By Noel Michaels Horseplayers are a quirky bunch. This is evidenced by the fact that perhaps one of the [...]
Belmont Super Qualifier Breathing New Life into Win-Place Tournament Formats
By Noel Michaels The traditional handicapping tournament “win-and-place” format is unfortunately becoming harder and harder to find, but the tried-and-true win-place format is ready to make a comeback in a [...]
ESPN Numbers Guru Chris “The Bear” Fallica Finding Crossover Success in NHC Tournaments
By Noel Michaels The 2018 college football season is here, and ESPN’s popular weekly College GameDay TV show is ramping up for another season of Saturday morning football entertainment [...]
Three New ‘Live-Money’ Super Qualifiers Added to NHC Tour Schedule
The New York Racing Association, Churchill Downs Inc., and The Stronach Group are set to host three brand-new “NHC Super Qualifiers” in coming months, offering dozens of berths to February’s [...]
Paul Shurman Adds Another to his Trophy Case
By Noel Michaels Score one for the “old guard.” Paul Shurman is still going strong. In the span of a couple of weeks, Shurman became the First-Half champion on [...]
NHC Legend Shurman Wins NHC First Half
Handicapping contest legend Paul Shurman was inducted into the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Hall of Fame in February and would probably get a second entry if he could. The 2009 [...]
2009 NHC TOUR CHAMP BRYAN WAGNER PASSES AWAY AT 75
Bryan and Judy Wagner at 2018 Eclipse Awards, Gulfstream Park, FL 1.25.2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Wednesday, August 1, 2018) – Bryan Wagner, a 12-time qualifier to the National [...]