Michael Caposio employed a very effective strategy last week: Pick up some spending money early in the week…and reinvest it thereafter.

When Evan Trommer has a good day, he tends to have a really good day. That was again the case on Sunday.

When Earl Pratt was 16, he was already six feet tall and, consequently, had no problem placing bets with the mutuel clerks at Sportsman’s Park outside Chicago. 

That was 69 years ago.

He didn’t enjoy any monster, $100+ days. He probably didn’t perform any better than almost all of you have at one time or another. What 85-year-old Earl Pratt did do, though, was put two really solid days of handicapping back-to-back, and for that he was rewarded with $155,203 in the first-ever BC Pick & Pray Tourney.

Mark your calendars…and set your alarm clocks!

Starting November 5th, HorseTourneys will offer $12 and $100 cash games each Wednesday on the races from Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong, one of the world’s most spectacular racing venues. The $12 tourneys will carry a guaranteed purse of $250, while the $100 events will guarantee a pot of $1,000.

It’s now officially Breeders’ Cup Week—a good time of year to be playing well and with confidence. One person doing just that is NHC Hall of Famer Paul Shurman. 

Usually our most newsworthy events take place during the weekend. Last week, one occurred on Thursday. That was the day that our Keeneland Super Survivor tourney reached its conclusion after 10 days of competition.

As the leaves are falling in the East, so are Kevin Engelhard’s tourney opponents.

Who was the best handicapper at HorseTourneys last week? In the absence of clearly defined metrics, that’s something of a rhetorical question. However, a case could be made that it was “Pistol” Pete Acocella.

This week, we’ll be starting at the end—because Jack Schwartz accomplished the rare feat of winning two NHC seats in one day with one set of picks.