If you are hoping to compete in the middle leg of the 2023 Tourney Triple—the $350,000 Guaranteed Players Championship—but would prefer not to pay the full freight of $2,000 for the privilege of doing so, then you’ll want to gear up for this weekend, when we offer the last remaining Friday, Saturday and Sunday qualifiers to the prestigious HorseTourneys “major” taking place here on April 7-8.

Point #1: You know that feeling when you play two entries in a tourney, use different horses on each entry, and wind up doing a really good job of almost perfectly splitting your good picks between the two entries? Gregory Lewis knows that feeling.

Saturday is Dubai World Cup Day and, once again, HorseTourneys will have a full menu of games on the rich race card from the Middle East. 

The ink is barely dry on the oversized check that Paul Calia earned for winning last weekend’s NHC…and already it’s time to focus on the 2024 renewal of the world’s most prestigious handicapping contest.

As most of you know by now, Paul Calia of Kansas City, Missouri, captured last weekend’s NHC. Not only did he take the $800,000 grand prize, but he finished fourth with his other entry.

Take a peek at what a typical NHC contestant has up on his or her laptop at any given time during the tournament, and you are likely to find one of four things: Past performances, proprietary speed figures, an ADW site (even though that’s frowned upon) or HorseTourneys.

This week, the big room at Horseshoe Las Vegas might be as crowded on Thursday as it is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The final two direct, online qualifiers for the March 10-12 NHC will take place this Friday and Saturday at HorsePlayers. After that, the only remaining opportunity to get into the big dance will be through the First Chance/Last Chance qualifier next Thursday—and we’ll have a bunch of qualifiers for that event as well this weekend.

It was a re-peat three-peat for Dr. Ron Tang. One week after enjoying three triumphs spread out over two different days, the Southern California oncologist did the exact same thing this past week.

Typically we alternate from week to week between Pick & Pray and Live formats being the predominant mode on Saturdays and Sundays. Every now and then, we mix in the “All Optional Live” format, and this is one of those weekends.