From time to time, players have asked us about possibly running a meet-long Survivor contest. Well now it’s happening.
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Costello Wins NHC, Keeneland Seats on Back-to-Back Days; Satyan Stays Hot; Kizenko Collects BC Pick & Pray Seat Plus $2,730 (Weekly Recap, September 10-14)
Joseph “Kevin” Costello of Chicago is the only two-time winner of the NHC Tour. He was also a two-time winner here at HorseTourneys/HorsePlayers last week.
Continue readingRaj Satyan Takes Two on Friday and Two More on Sunday; Spa & Surf Showdown Runner Up Enjoys Another Nice Payday; Craig Hom Wins BC Pick & Pray Seat Plus $8,827 (Weekly Recap, September 3-7)
Raj Satyan has been on a nice run of late. After a lackluster Day 1, he made $12,742 for having the best score on Day 2 of the recent Spa & Surf Showdown. Last week, he was back for more.
Continue readingGeoffrey Schutt Racks Up Four Featured Prizes—Including Two NHC Seats—Across Three Different Days; Matthew Ache Snags BCBC, NHC Entries; Anthony Mattera and Joseph Zuer Enjoy Big Sundays (Weekly Recap, August 27-September 1)
Timely Winners Earn John Nichols $196,230 in $510,720 Spa & Surf Showdown
John Nichols has never NOT been around the racetrack. His mother and father took him to Churchill Downs for the first time in 1975 — when he was four days old. Dad was a horseshoer and a skilled horseman. John’s uncle Jimmy Nichols was a prominent jockey who later was instrumental in the sales purchase of eventual 1988 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Risen Star. The racetrack life was the only life John knew, and that largely holds true today.
Continue readingSean Nolan Wins Four Lucrative Sunday Features; Eddie Olczyk Scores Spots in NHC, BCBC; Evan Trommer Captures Six Tourneys on Saturday, Adds Two More Seats the Following Day (Weekly Recap, August 13-17)
There was a highly influential cap horse out there on Sunday—Harcyn, who survived a stewards’ inquiry and took race 5 at Del Mar at odds of 40-1. If you had the bomb you had a chance to do well. If you used Harcyn and played in multiple featured tourneys, you had a chance to do very, very well. Several players did just that.
One of them was Sean Nolan.
Continue readingDylan Donnelly Doubles Down; Despite Mistake, Mike Lazarus Wins Two Spa & Surf Showdown Seats Plus $12,304; Frank Paros Earns Monmouth Entry One Day, NHC Spot the Next (Weekly Recap, August 6-10)
Dylan Donnelly has qualified for the NHC each of the past six years. In the five most recent renewals, he has played two entries. That will again be the case in 2026. This year, however, he is bidding for an NHC Tour championship.
Continue readingStephen Spinelli Finishes First in Three Lucrative Sunday Events; Andy Asaro and Peter Osella Capture a Combined Five Saturday Grand Prizes; Kenny McMahan Earns NHC and BCBC Seats (Weekly Recap, July 30-August 3)
Sunday was a chalky day around here. The day’s top winner among 12 contest races returned just $11.40 in the win hole.
Stephen Spinelli didn’t even have that 9-2 victor—and yet that didn’t stop him from having a banner afternoon.
Continue readingEldon Stivers Wins on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; Drew Keaton Triumphs in Friday’s BC Pick & Pray Tourney Qualifier and Following Day’s Big Bucks Game; Stephen Thompson Defeats 1,692 to Grab Free NHC Seat (Weekly Recap, July 23-27)
The daily grind can be a mundane, soul-crushing pursuit…a pie-eating contest for which the prize is more pie. Unless, of course, you’re Eldon Stivers.
Continue readingDavid Nelson Enjoys a Saturday Six Pack; NHC 2024 Champ Mike Gillum Wins Return Trip to Vegas Plus $12,206 in Spending Money; Kenneth Arnerich Captures Wednesday and Friday Cash Features (Weekly Recap, July 9-13)
David Nelson made three really good decisions on Saturday. He hit the day’s biggest price—Concrete Glory ($25.60, $11.20) in the 10th at Saratoga; he played multiple featured tourneys; and perhaps most importantly, he used the same picks on all of his entries…even though most of the marquee games were conducted in Live format.
When the smoke had cleared, Nelson had scored six lucrative victories.
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