Chicago Native Dan Piazza Wins NTRA National Horseplayers Championship
LAS VEGAS (March 16, 2025) – Benefitting from steady and sure play from the start, Dan Piazza, a financial advisor from Chicago, went virtually from gate to wire and held off a late close from Tom Boyd [...]
Dan Piazza Extends Overall Lead in National Horseplayers Championship following Saturday’s Second Day of Competition in Las Vegas
Dean Malizia LAS VEGAS (March 15, 2025) ─ Extending his prowess from Friday’s first-place standing, Dan Piazza is the overall leader following Saturday’s second day of the NTRA’s 26th National Horseplayers Championship presented by [...]
Chicago Financial Advisor Dan Piazza Leads After First Day of 26th National Horseplayers Championship
Dan Piazza LAS VEGAS (March 14, 2024) ─ Powered by a steady stream of nine winners, Dan Piazza, a wealth management advisor from Chicago, leads after the first day of the 26th National Thoroughbred Racing [...]
26th NHC to Begin Friday With Record Prize Money and Entries Following Record Last Chance/First Chance Contest
2025 National Horseplayers Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (March 13, 2025) ─ This year’s NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), which kicks off Friday, March 14 at Horseshoe Las Vegas, will have [...]
Mike Gillum Set for NHC Title Defense
Mike Gillum with NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney LAS VEGAS (March 11, 2025) – To Mike Gillum, the reigning National Horseplayers Champion, family always comes first, but after that horse racing is his [...]
2025 National Horseplayers Championship: Who’s Who at the 26th NHC
Learn about the competitors hoping to take home the $800,000 grand prize and Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year, March 14-16 at Horseshoe Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada (March 7, 2025) – The [...]
Duality Sports & Entertainment and NTRA Present “Winner’s Circle” – A Documentary Diving Into the High-Stakes World of Championship Horse Gambling
_____________________________________________________________ DUALITY SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT AND NTRA PRESENT "WINNER'S CIRCLE" – A DOCUMENTARY DIVING INTO THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD OF CHAMPIONSHIP HORSE GAMBLING Premieres on YouTube and other select locations Watch the film here CHARLOTTE, [...]
Brett Wiener Captures 2024 NHC Tour
Tour Champ Will Compete for $5 Million Bonus at 26th NHC Tom Rooney (left) and Brett Wiener (right) Lexington, Ky. (Feb. 28, 2025) – Topping a field of more than 5,500 [...]
Duality Sports & Entertainment and NTRA Present “Winner’s Circle” – A Documentary Diving Into the High-Stakes World of Championship Horse Gambling
Premieres March 6, 2025, on YouTube and other select locations Check out the Trailer CHARLOTTE, N.C. & LEXINGTON, KY. – Duality Sports & Entertainment, in collaboration with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), proudly presents Winner’s [...]
“Race to the NHC” Contest Series Winners Announced
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Rhonda Norby (859) 224-2856, Equibase Company Lexington, Kentucky (February 27, 2025): After an exciting contest series featuring 25 free handicapping contests exclusively for subscribers of Race Lens, Jim Henry of Myrtle Beach, [...]
Benes, McIntyre, and Nilsen Voted Into NTRA National Horseplayers Championship Hall of Fame
Lexington, Ky., (February 25, 2025): The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Jim Benes, Cheryl McIntyre, and Rich Nilsen have been voted by their peers for induction into the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship Hall [...]
NHC At The Post – December 2024
December 2024 November Recap November was a phenomenal month of handicapping tournament play across the country. The Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), racing’s biggest live-money handicapping tournament had a record [...]
NHC At The Post – November 2024
November 2024 October Recap October has been a busy month qualifying 45 entries to NHC 2025. Keeneland hosted the very popular Fall NHC BCBC Challenge qualifying three players on October [...]
NHC At The Post – October 2024
October 2024 September Recap September was a busy month of NHC contest play across the US and Canada. Kentucky Downs hosted its King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge on Saturday, [...]
Eurton and Czarniak To Host 54th Annual Eclipse Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. (September 30, 2024) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced today that Britney Eurton and Lindsay Czarniak will co-host the 54th Annual Eclipse Awards, which will [...]
Beat Byk Winner Announced
Lexington, KY, September 24, 2024: After a thrilling summer of competition, the sixth annual Beat Byk NHC Challenge has come to a close and David Erwin of Charlottesville, Virginia took home the grand prize, [...]
NHC At The Post – September 2024
September 2024 August Recap August is always an exciting contest month with great racing across the country. TwinSpires kicked off its NHC series of contests in August and awarded 6 [...]
Equibase and NTRA Launch “Race to the National Horseplayers Championship” Exclusively for Race Lens Customers
Equibase and NTRA Launch “Race to the National Horseplayers Championship” Exclusively for Race Lens Customers Equibase, the industry’s official database for racing, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced the “Race to the [...]
NHC At The Post – July 2024
July 2024 The summer NHC contest circuit kicked off with contests held across the country in June yielding 81 seats to the 2025 NHC. Twenty-seven of those NHC qualifiers came [...]
NHC At The Post – June 2024
June 2024 The NHC tour is kicking off a contest packed summer with already 159 NHC 2025 qualifiers and 29 double qualifiers. Last year’s Rookie of the Year and the [...]
NHC At The Post – May 2024
May 2024 The 2024 NHC Tour season has started off on fire. There are 119 current NHC 2025 qualifiers and 17 double qualifiers. Five past NHC Champions have already solidified [...]