Creating a private tournament at HorseTourneys is easy. Please follow the steps below:

IMPORTANT NOTES:
-Players must be logged-in to the site to view the link to Create Private Tournaments
-The Private Tournaments Setup Wizard is only accessible via desktop (not available on mobile site)

Get Started: Click on the “Create Private Tourney” button found on the home page in the Filter section

Step 1: Choose the date of your private tourney. Please note that only HT schedules that are active (i.e., have races imported) are available for selection. Most schedules will be available 24 hours in advance of the tournament start time

Once you have chosen a date, the list of available track schedules will be presented. Choose which schedule you wish to use.

Step 2: Choose the type of tourney you wish to create

You may choose from the standard Pool Style (normal cash games), Exacta, Survivor, Winner Take All (limited to five entries) or H2H (limited to two entries) setups.

Step 3: Choose the format of your tourney

Choose from Live (selections may be made for each race during the event) or Pick & Pray (selections lock for all events once the first race has started) formats.

Step 4: Choose the price of your tourney

Designate the cost per entry of your tourney. For Winner Take All and H2H tourneys, you must choose from a list of pre-selected fee amounts. For other events, you may designate your custom amount (minimum entry fee = $10).

Step 5: Name your tourney

Enter a name for your tourney (up to a maximum of 32 characters).

Step 6: Review and Confirm your tourney details

Review the details of your tourney. Once you have confirmed, you will be presented with a special link to tour tourney. Your guests must access the tourney via your special link. The link is also accessible under the tourney listing in the “My Entries” section of the tourney creator.

Questions should be directed to HorseTourneys Support at support@horsetourneys.com.

Good luck!

Any entertainer worth his salt knows that a key to success is to open your act strong and then finish with a bang. Clearly, that’s how Edward Enborg approached the most recent featured-tourney week.

Normally each week, we are quick to highlight players who win tourneys on multiple days, or “multi-tablers” who pile up a bushel basket full of grand prizes in a single day. This week, though, we lead with a single-tourney performance that was so remarkable that it deserves top billing.

Matthew Bickey did a very good job of smoking out longshots last week—and he was rewarded to the tune of nearly $18,000.

Though Kansas City won the Super Bowl, the real Chief on Sunday was Brett Wiener. And his Friday wasn’t too shabby either.

It was a busy week with 34 featured tourneys, and Michael Caposio and Jeff VanDrie combined to finish first in six of them.

Michael Solakis loves horse racing contests. He’s good at them too. In 2022, he earned $32,000 for coming in third behind Riley Drexler in the Players Championship. Solakis went on to finish second to A.J. Benton in that year’s Tourney Triple series.

Last weekend, of course, was his greatest moment yet as a player. He collected $168,405 for his dominant victory in the 5th annual Flo-Cal Faceoff here at HorseTourneys. Still, it would be wrong to place too great an emphasis on the role horse racing has in his life.

Arguably the two most important, most prestigious handicapping tournaments in the month of April are the $350,000 Guaranteed Players Championship here at HorseTourneys on April 6-7 and the Keeneland Grade One Gamble the following weekend at Keeneland Race Course and Xpressbet. Starting this Saturday, you can earn a spot in both here at HorseTourneys.

After hitting 42-1 cap horse Ticking in Saturday’s 10th race at Gulfstream Park, Michael Solakis of Toronto gained a lead he would never relinquish in the 5th annual Flo-Cal Faceoff held here at HorseTourneys on January 20-21.