LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 8, 2024) – The first of three free online qualifiers in 2024 for the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) is set for Sunday April 21 on Horseplayers.com, the official online qualifying site of the NHC. The top four finishers in the contest will earn automatic berths to the 26th Annual NHC, which is slated to be held at the Horseshoe Las Vegas next March 14-16, 2025.
Registration is now open on HorsePlayers.com.
The other two free contests of the 2024 NHC Tour will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2024 and Sunday, September 15, 2024. Participants in the online qualifier must be a 2024 NHC Tour member to be eligible to win a qualifying spot to the NHC. Players failing to register for NHC Tour membership prior to the start of this event will forfeit their opportunity to win a qualifying package.
Each winning prize package includes an NHC entry, a four-night stay at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, and a $500 travel reimbursement. Tour membership starts at $50 and includes entry to the year’s free online qualifiers, as well as access to dozens of contests each week. To sign up for the NHC Tour, go to www.ntra.com/membership. Individuals also must be registered at HorsePlayers.com (free).
Every free online contest on HorsePlayers.com is determined by mythical Win and Place wagers on a series of mandatory races across the country with selections submitted in advance of the first designated contest race per the “Pick and Pray” format.
For more information on the NHC and NHC Tour, visit www.ntra.com/nhc.
About the NHC
The NHC is the most important tournament of the year for horseplayers and is the culmination of a year-long series of NTRA-sanctioned local tournaments conducted by racetracks, casino race books, off-track betting facilities, and horse racing and handicapping websites, each of which sends its top qualifiers to the national finals. There are no bye-ins to the NHC. Each year, the NHC winner joins other human and equine champions as an honoree at the Eclipse Awards and is named Horseplayer of the Year. For more information on the NHC, visit NTRA.com/nhc.
About the NTRA
The NTRA, based in Lexington, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., is a broad-based coalition of more than 100 horse racing interests and thousands of individual stakeholders consisting of horseplayers, racetrack operators, owners, breeders, trainers and affiliated horse racing associations, charged with increasing the popularity, welfare and integrity of Thoroughbred racing.
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