A Friday contest on HorsePlayers.com with the entry fee set at a bargain price of $50 highlights this weekend’s offerings of qualifiers to the world’s richest and most prestigious handicapping contest, the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Presented by Racetrack Television Network, STATS Race Lens™ and Treasure Island Las Vegas, to be held February 9-11, 2018, at Treasure Island. At least 10 players will earn expenses-paid entries to the NHC finals via tournaments scheduled for this weekend online and at on track at Woodbine Racetrack and Los Alamitos Race Course.
Details on this weekend’s NHC qualifiers are as follows:
FRIDAY
HorsePlayers.com
Prizes: Two guaranteed NHC entries
Format: $2 Win and Place mythical wagers, live (selections can be made in real time until starting gate is half-loaded)
Entry: $50
More: https://www.horseplayers.com/contest/245482
SATURDAY
Woodbine Mile Handicapping Tournament, Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prizes: Four guaranteed NHC entries, one Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge entry, and cash prize pool for top five (plus $500,000 bonus for winner if they go on to win the 2017 BCBC)
Format: Play a minimum of five Woodbine races at $400+/race plus half of balance in one of last two races
Entry: $3,500 ($1,500 to cash prize pool + $2,000 live bankroll)
More: http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Betting/HandicappingChallenges/Pages/ChallengesHome.aspx
Los Alamitos Racing Association Tournament, Los Alamitos, Cypress, Calif.
Prizes: Three guaranteed NHC entries and cash prize pool for top five
Format: $50+ (Win, Place, Show, Exacta) on minimum six Los Alamitos races
Entry: $400 ($100 to cash prize pool + $300 live bankroll)
More: http://www.losalamitos.com/Admin/TB/PDFS/PressBox/NHC.pdf#
HorseTourneys.com
Prizes: Up to four NHC entries (two guaranteed)
Format: $2 Win and Place mythical wagers, live (selections can be made in real time until starting gate is half-loaded)
Entry: $240
More: https://www.horsetourneys.com/contest/245054
SUNDAY
HorsePlayers.com
Prizes: Two guaranteed NHC entries
Format: $2 Win and Place mythical wagers, Pick and Pray (selections must be entered prior to first contest race)
Entry: $165
More: https://www.horseplayers.com/contest/245479
Each NHC prize package includes NHC entry, four nights at Treasure Island and airfare reimbursement up to $400. This past January’s NHC 18 offered a record prize pool worth more than $2.9 million, including an $800,000 first-place prize.
One must be a current NHC Tour member to be eligible to win NHC entries. To sign up for the NHC Tour, go to www.ntra.com/membership.
For more information on the NHC and NHC Tour, visit www.ntra.com/nhc.
About the National Horseplayers Championship
In its 19th year, the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (formerly known as the NTRA National Handicapping Championship) is presented by Racetrack Television Network, STATS Race Lens and Treasure Island Las Vegas. Equibase is the official data provider of the NHC and NHC Tour. The NHC is 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 record prize money and awards totaling more than $2.9 million. NHC 19 will be held February 9-11, 2018, at Treasure Island Las Vegas.