$75,000 Guaranteed Event, Four NHC Qualifiers—Including Free Five-Seater—Highlight Belmont Stakes Weekend

Many have called the Belmont Stakes card the year’s best set of races this side of the Breeders’ Cup. We’ll be ready for it—and for you—here at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers with 18 featured tourneys that can line your pockets with serious cash and or send you to just about any live tournament you might want to play in this year. And if your sights are set on the NHC, this is your weekend to take a serious shot online. There will be no fewer than four guaranteed opportunities to qualify for the Big Dance—at a wide variety of price points.

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No Triple Crown Shot, But for this New Yorker, Belmonts are Always Big

The Derby and Preakness winners won’t be running. But Belmont Stakes Day will certainly be one of the most important betting days of the year for David Chamberlain, George Chute, Chris Larmey, Douglas Schenk and Steve Abelman. They are the five HorseTourneys qualifiers who won $10,000 buy-ins to this weekend’s Belmont Stakes Betting Challenge.

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Last Chance Belmont Stakes Plus First Chance Surfside & Hawthorne Qualifiers Headline First Weekend in June

Some may think that the coming weekend represents a calm before next weekend’s storm—what with the Belmont Stakes and our $75,000 Guaranteed tournament slated for June 10. But there is plenty of action to be had this Friday, Saturday and Sunday—including your first shots at some old favorites.

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Stauffer Wins Two Big Saturday Tourneys; Instone Captures Second Straight Exacta Game; Ciccantelli Nearly Sweeps Santa Anita Card (Weekend Recap May 26-29)

Oaklawn Park track announcer Vic Stauffer is one of the most recognizable race callers in the business. For the last several years, though, Stauffer has proven his mettle at “calling” races before they are run. Those skills were on full display Saturday (and Sunday too) at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers.

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Notice from HorseTourneys on Racetrack Content

Until further notice, races from racetracks of The Stronach Group will be featured only in tournaments related to industry sponsored, on-track/on-site events (in other words, in feeders and qualifiers to brick and mortar tournaments).  Races from those tracks will not be featured in cash-only tournaments.

Be assured that HorseTourneys management has been involved in ongoing dialogue with management of The Stronach Group regarding a long-term solution to restoring the full tournament menu for those racetracks.  We hope to have positive news to report shortly.

Please note that this will not affect HorsePlayers.com and in particular, all NHC and BCBC qualifiers will continue to run as usual with all racetrack content available.

Thank you for your patience and for your continued patronage.

Sincerely,

McKay Smith
President
HorseTourneys.com

Florine Sima Wins $67,240 in Santa Anita Preakness Challenge Handicapping Contest

Horseplayer Florine Sima walked home with $67,240 on Sunday at Santa Anita, the result of winning the track’s two-day Santa Anita Preakness Challenge. A resident of Burbank, Calif.,Sima, who was accompanied by his wife Maria over the weekend in Santa Anita’s Eddie Logan Suite, ended up with a bankroll of $27,240, which earned him top prize money of $40,000.

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