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 most recognizable and respected horse [...]
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 big way at some of [...]
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 filled with information, analysis, statistics, [...]
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 $3 million (estimated) NTRA National [...]
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 the NHC Tour and then [...]
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 NHC winner and co-record-holding 16-time [...]