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The NHC is the world’s richest and most prestigious handicapping 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.
Each year, the NHC winner joins other human and equine champions as an honoree at the Eclipse Awards. The most recent NHC offered prize money and awards totaling more than $4.4 million and named Mike Gillum the 2024 Horseplayer of the Year.
#NHC2025 will be held March 14-16, 2025 in Las Vegas
#NHC2026 will be held March 13-15, 2026 in Las Vegas
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Top Money Earners in the NHC
| Name | Grand Total |
|---|---|
| Paul Calia | $1,050,000 |
| Michael Beychok | $1,015,300 |
| Jose Arias | $956,000 |
| Ray Arsenault | $940,600 |
| Chris Littlemore | $891,500 |
| Thomas Goldsmith | $830,700 |
| Mike Gillum | $816,700 |
| Scott Coles | $814,700 |
| Paul Matties, Jr. | $810,000 |
| John Oneil | $805,500 |
| Jim Benes | $754,000 |
| David Harrison | $750,000 |
| Justin Mustari | $725,000 |
| Brian Troop | $575,800 |
| Richard Goodall | $522,400 |
| John Conte (NY) | $510,640 |
| John Doyle | $500,000 |
| Stanley Bavlish | $466,525 |
| Roger Cettina | $460,950 |
| Stephen Wolfson, Jr. | $397,933 |
| Kenneth Jordan | $298,000 |
| Jim Meeks | $287,800 |
| Seth Morris | $268,500 |
| John Vail | $260,500 |
| Francis Boustany | $255,100 |
| Keith Fenton | $250,000 |
| Ron Rippey | $225,000 |
| James Michelson, Jr. | $211,300 |
| Tony Brice | $204,000 |
| Gary Fenton | $201,050 |
| Paul Shurman | $200,000 |
| Ryan Patrick Scully | $200,000 |
| Matthew Blanchet | $200,000 |
| AJ Benton | $194,650 |
| Lawrence Kahlden | $191,100 |
| Duke Matties | $173,760 |
| Steven Wells | $162,100 |
| Ron Geary | $158,000 |
| Dave Flanzbaum | $155,000 |
| Ken Massa | $154,000 |
| Dennis Decauwer | $152,875 |
| Joseph Perry | $152,500 |
| Don Beardsworth | $151,650 |
| Christopher Goodall | $150,000 |
| Robert Gregory | $150,000 |
| RYAN SCHARNOWSKE | $150,000 |
| Matthew Ransdell | $141,400 |
| Judy Wagner | $134,100 |
| Myles Richards | $129,350 |
| Joe Scanio | $128,170 |
| David Browning | $127,500 |
| Daniel Kaplan | $126,450 |
| Garett Skiba | $125,000 |
| Charlie Davis | $125,000 |
| matthew vagvolgyi | $125,000 |
| Cheryl McIntyre | $120,600 |
| Frank Paros | $113,300 |
| Nicholas Alpino | $107,200 |
| Darwin Labordo | $106,500 |
| Sally Goodall | $105,700 |
| Ted Simmons | $105,000 |
| Daniel Kovalesky | $105,000 |
| Tom Noone | $104,500 |
| Herman Miller | $104,000 |
| Kent Meyer | $104,000 |
| Jeff Hartz | $103,500 |
| Steven Walker | $103,000 |
| Thomas Anderson | $102,500 |
| Joseph Muzio | $102,000 |
| David Gutfreund | $101,900 |
| Roberta Cote | $100,000 |
| J. Randy Gallo | $100,000 |
| Louis Filoso | $100,000 |
| Mark C. Lowe | $100,000 |
| Ashley Taylor | $100,000 |
| GT Nixon | $95,400 |
| Brendan Fay | $94,600 |
| Edward Deicke | $93,300 |
| Christopher Podratz | $89,060 |
| Sean Nolan | $88,800 |
| Joseph Paese | $88,800 |
| Steven Simonovic | $87,700 |
| Frank Mustari | $85,900 |
| Trey Stiles | $85,750 |
| Rob Henie | $85,000 |
| George Novick | $85,000 |
| David Mccarty | $84,500 |
| Jonathon Kinchen | $84,000 |
| Marshall Gramm | $83,800 |
| Susie Grensing | $82,750 |
| Michael Conway | $82,000 |
| Richard Grose | $81,600 |
| Sarah Wiener | $80,900 |
| Steven Hartshorn | $80,500 |
| Gloria Kahlden | $80,500 |
| Steve Nemetz | $80,200 |
| Nicholas Shirilla | $80,000 |
| Kevin Smith | $80,000 |
| Mike Ferrozzo | $79,000 |
| Ernest Powers | $79,000 |
| Scott Cavalieri | $78,300 |
| Christy Moore | $78,200 |
| Francis Drew | $77,400 |
| Joe Jarvie | $76,293 |
| Mike Somich | $75,200 |
| TJ Sonde | $75,000 |
| Stephanie Schmidt | $75,000 |
| John Nichols | $74,060 |
| Ken Seeman | $72,850 |
| Ralph Magnetti | $70,700 |
| Scott Carson | $70,500 |
| Robert Gilbert | $70,290 |
| Peter Deys | $69,500 |
| Mark Richards | $68,750 |
| Gwyn Houston | $68,000 |
| Jeff VanDrie | $66,600 |
| Greg Knepper | $66,050 |
| Brian Herrity | $62,800 |
| Tony Zhou | $62,500 |
| Dan Camoro | $60,640 |
| Michael Caposio | $60,000 |
| Shirley Wolff | $60,000 |
| Jon Cianci | $59,100 |
| Eric Bialek | $58,500 |
| Gaylord Grundy | $58,300 |
| Dan Flanigan | $57,550 |
| Louis Licata | $56,000 |
| Travis Allison | $56,000 |
| Michael Piccola | $55,000 |
| David Watts | $54,500 |
| Albert Wong | $54,000 |
| Robert Pontani Jr. | $54,000 |
| Jason Phillips | $54,000 |
| Christopher Larmey | $53,960 |
| Melvin Moser | $52,500 |
| Paul Yaffee | $52,000 |
| Michael Odorisio | $52,000 |
| John Roe | $52,000 |
| David Bernal | $52,000 |
| Mike McIntyre | $51,700 |
| Michael Goodrich | $51,600 |
| Basil Devito | $51,050 |
| Dylan McIntosh | $50,900 |
| Chuck O'Mara | $50,000 |
| Colin Sumner | $50,000 |
| Daniel Hart | $50,000 |
| Dale Day | $50,000 |
| William Shurman | $49,300 |
| Alan Levitt | $47,700 |
| Russell Weber | $45,000 |
| Richard Resnik | $44,900 |
| Jeannie King | $44,650 |
| Stephan Gravina | $44,050 |
| Eugene Spruck | $44,000 |
| Mike Elsass | $43,400 |
| Phil Lam | $43,080 |
| David Krosunger | $43,000 |
| Brett Wiener | $42,380 |
| Paul Cush | $41,550 |
| Steve Decaspers | $41,450 |
| Dennis Tiernan | $41,350 |
| Greg Gass | $40,675 |
| Patrick Cronin | $40,600 |
| William Rendino | $40,450 |
| James Templin | $40,000 |
| Leonard Peterson | $39,900 |
| Joseph Costello | $38,750 |
| Jimmie Onail | $38,480 |
| Shawn Turner (MD) | $38,150 |
| Don Allen | $37,700 |
| Robin Buser | $37,200 |
| Donna Labriola | $37,000 |
| Mike Yurczyk | $36,080 |
| Scott D Fitzgerald | $36,000 |
| Rich Nilsen | $35,700 |
| Thomas O'Connor | $35,480 |
| Mitch Schuman | $34,700 |
| Edward Reidy | $34,160 |
| William Haliziw | $33,450 |
| Mark Stovall | $33,200 |
| Randy Bauer | $32,998 |
| William Holmes | $32,010 |
| Angela Daniels | $32,000 |
| Robert Masterton | $31,900 |
| William Sadoo | $31,700 |
| Blake Jessee | $31,130 |
| Matthew Rentze | $30,400 |
| Maury Wolff | $30,000 |
| Harry Seaman | $30,000 |
| Leonard Wong | $30,000 |
| Tim O'Leary | $30,000 |
| Joseph Zuer | $29,950 |
| Joseph Rosen | $29,800 |
| Nick Kochanski | $28,900 |
| Gary Johnson | $27,850 |
| Linda Rodriguez | $27,200 |
| Chuck Grubbs | $26,960 |
| Allan Schaffer | $26,820 |
| Jeff Bussan | $26,650 |
| Steve Arrison | $26,650 |
| Christopher Olsson | $26,600 |
| Ricky Hurd | $26,600 |
| Mike Yarusso | $26,450 |
| Nicholas Tammaro | $26,400 |
| Christian Hellmers | $26,300 |
| Elaine Kowaleski | $26,250 |
| Bob Gianquitti | $26,150 |
| George Chute | $25,600 |
| Jeff Sandler | $25,550 |
| Mark Rudy | $25,200 |
| Shawn Heron | $25,190 |
| Bernard Reilly | $25,150 |
| Ron Thompson | $25,000 |
| Sheldon Usprech | $25,000 |
| Amy Brantley | $25,000 |
| Phil Bongiovanni | $25,000 |
| Dane Moore | $24,950 |
| Tim Downs | $24,900 |
| Terence Cook | $24,400 |
| Phil Hoedebeck | $24,250 |
| Allan Sadler | $24,000 |
| Joe Rotell | $24,000 |
| Jonathan Zvara | $24,000 |
| Michael Mulvihill | $23,950 |
| Ralph Lough | $23,750 |
| Joel Wincowski | $23,650 |
| Steve Hendricks | $23,450 |
| Lee Geraghty | $23,375 |
| Alexa Zepp | $23,350 |
| Cheryl Kaufman | $23,200 |
| Ed Herr | $23,100 |
| Paul Langley | $23,000 |
| Michael Ray | $23,000 |
| Dave Neuburger | $23,000 |
| Craig Hom | $22,720 |
| David Santoni | $22,500 |
| George Duarte | $22,240 |
| Mark Stanton | $22,100 |
| Derek Isenberg | $22,100 |
| Clay Sanders | $22,100 |
| Dennis Johnson | $22,100 |
| Frank Klich | $22,000 |
| Jack Christian | $22,000 |
| Bobby Shoemaker | $21,825 |
| Raymond Gallant jr | $21,400 |
| Tim Darnell | $21,200 |
| Robert Jones | $21,000 |
| John Pinder | $21,000 |
| Leslie Jannis | $21,000 |
| Jeff Joffrion | $20,910 |
| Stephen Wolfson, Sr. | $20,800 |
| Gina Turner | $20,800 |
| Karen Richards | $20,300 |
| David Durkin | $20,250 |
| Nisan Gabbay | $20,000 |
| Tom Wood | $20,000 |
| Greg Lesko | $20,000 |
| Stephen Albano | $20,000 |
| Eliot Honaker | $20,000 |
| Alan Hoffman | $20,000 |
| Trodder Furlong | $20,000 |
| Kent Crossley | $20,000 |
| Tim Holland | $20,000 |
| Jason Albano | $20,000 |
| Eric Archer | $20,000 |
| Todd Faro | $19,550 |
| Christopher Skotz | $19,460 |
| Terrence Severson | $19,450 |
| Pete Manzo | $19,400 |
| Anthony Altomonte | $19,400 |
| Pat Stich | $19,240 |
| Dan Weisenburger | $19,200 |
| Michael Ryan | $19,200 |
| Monte Engler | $19,200 |
| Joshua Montes | $19,200 |
| Jeffrey Pesot | $19,150 |
| David Decauwer | $19,100 |
| Peter Osella | $19,000 |
| Adam Lewis | $19,000 |
| DAVID WANG | $19,000 |
| David Sullivan | $18,900 |
| Tim Smith | $18,900 |
| Paul Weizer | $18,800 |
| Kenny Shaw | $18,800 |
| Frank Perri | $18,750 |
| Kevin Jones | $18,400 |
| Jon Lindo | $18,400 |
| Frank Sorensen | $18,025 |
| Jay Johns | $18,000 |
| Ryan Flanders | $18,000 |
| Frank Gryboski, Jr. | $18,000 |
| Aaron Leibson | $18,000 |
| Christopher Ahl | $18,000 |
| William Smith | $17,850 |
| Edwin Synowiecki | $17,825 |
| Frank Polk | $17,800 |
| Rick Broth | $17,800 |
| Michael Taran | $17,700 |