A total of $385,388 in cash was paid out last week at HorseTourneys as the 40th Breeders’ Cup served as the centerpiece of a wide array of Live-format and Pick & Pray games. 

The person who got the biggest slice of that $385,388 was John Farrar.

No matter how you like to attack the Breeders’ Cup—Live, Pick & Pray, one day at a time or one big two-day tourney—there’s a lucrative marquee game to suit your tastes this weekend during the 40th Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park.

Several players showed last week that their handicapping was on point as Breeders’ Cup weekend approached. Perhaps no one fit this description better than Ken Jordan. 

The Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge is just over a week away, and so we are ramping up qualifiers to the world’s most prestigious live-bankroll tournament this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Late on Day 1 of The BIG One at Laurel Park, Brendan Fay could be forgiven if he was starting to think of the two-day, $200,100 all-cash contest as The BIG Bust. His first 11 “$2.00-to-win-and-place” picks had yielded just a single, measly $5.20 place payoff. 

Last week’s featured tourneys tended to be very competitive, hard-fought battles. We didn’t see much in the way of multi-table success or game-crushing cap horses.

Qualifiers for the $200,000 Gtd. The BIG One are drawing to a close with the all-cash event taking place on October 21-22 at Laurel Park. You can compete for the cash—(and soak up the many amenities of the contest), but only if you qualify…or buy-in directly for $4,500. Your final weekend chances to qualify for $500 take place on Friday, with the first of three straight two-seats-guaranteed qualifiers.

It was quite a Sunday for Bob Schreiter.

Beginning in early September, the security parameters for both HorsePlayers and HorseTourneys were updated. Specifically, account sharing is no longer permitted.

What this means is that all players must access the site completely independently, using a discrete device. In other words, players are no longer permitted to access the accounts of other players. Each player must access his or her account on a unique device, be it a desktop, laptop, smartphone, iPad, or any other device that can access the internet.

Accessing of the accounts of other players will result in the locking of accounts of those involved. If an account is locked, players will be required to verify his or her account via email, which may be requested via a prompt received at login.

If your account has been locked, you must follow these instructions to unlock your account. Customer service at either HorsePlayers or HorseTourneys will not perform this function for you – this must be done by the player.

While we understand that these new security parameters may be inconvenient for some family members or otherwise that may have accessed the site via a shared device in the past, this change is obligatory moving forward.

Thank you for your cooperation.

There’s one tourney this weekend that almost all of you should enter, and that’s Sunday’s free NHC qualifier, which is open to all 2023 NHC Tour members. (If you’re not a member, you can still become one quickly and easily at NTRA.com).