PayPal management has notified us that effectively immediately, the following changes will be applied to the HorseTourneys PayPal account (and accounts of any horse racing provider that accepts PayPal):

• Credit or Debit cards will no longer be an option to make deposits directly on HorseTourneys using PayPal
• The two options to use PayPal for direct deposits are: (1) using a PayPal balance; or (2) using a registered bank account

PLEASE NOTE: You may still use a debit card by first using that card to fund your PayPal balance. To do this, follow these steps:

(1) Login to PayPal

(2) Go to “Transfer Money”

(3) Go to “Add money from your bank or debit card”

(4) Follow the instructions to add funds from your debit card to your PayPal balance

(5) Once your PayPal balance has been updated, you may then use your balance to deposit directly at HorseTourneys.

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Since we are running daily Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenges currently, we have seven days to recap. So we will proceed—more or less—in chronological order to try and provide one small measure of clarity in an otherwise hectic week.

In an effort to reduce the home page listing size and load of HorseTourneys, effective immediately, please note that both WINNER TAKE ALL and HEAD-TO-HEAD events for some tracks will no longer appear on the main, home page listing.

These tournaments may be accessed by using the filters for both WINNER TAKE ALL and HEAD-TO-HEAD, found under the TYPE header in the filter section.

So for example, if you desire a $100 WINNER TAKE ALL event for HAWTHORNE, you would choose the WINNER TAKE ALL from the TYPE filter options. If you’d like to quickly find HAWTHORNE, also select the HAW option from the TRACKS list.

The same applies for HEAD-TO-HEAD. You may choose the HEAD-TO-HEAD option from the TYPE filter and find what track you’re looking for. Or, add the TRACK from the TRACK filter to narrow it more.

The tracks running at this current time that are affected by this change are as follows:

DELAWARE PARK
HORSESHOE INDIANAPOLIS
LAUREL
MAHONING VALLEY
HAWTHORNE
GOLDEN GATE
EARLY OR LATE BEL/KEE/SA

Please contact support at support@horsetourneys.com with any questions.

The horses for the 2022 Breeders’ Cup were pre-entered yesterday, but the field for the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge is still taking shape. That shape will change further this weekend—the final weekend of BCBC qualifying—with eight guaranteed, play-ins to the world’s most prestigious live-bankroll contest on tap.

Last week was a “Pick & Pray week” around here, so double-ups were perhaps to be expected among hot multi-tablers. However, a couple of players rode their heaters from one day straight into the next.

If you didn’t know that the Breeders’ Cup is right around the corner, you’d know it from the extra heavy helping of Breeders’ Cup qualifiers this weekend. We’ll have six, rather than the usual three. And even when the weekend ends, the BCBC play-ins will continue because there’s one set up for Monday as well.

It’s been quite a run lately for Bobby Shoemaker.

On Friday, September 30, he hit for $8,079 by taking the featured Friday cash tourney. His net worth increased by $3,359 the following Thursday after finishing first in our $6,000 Guaranteed Pick & Pray. This past week, Shoemaker set his sights on bigger game.

Not only is it not too early to start thinking about Breeders’ Cup, it’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving weekend too, because this weekend we begin offering qualifiers for the Del Mar Fall Challenge (Saturday, November 26) and the Hawthorne Thanksgiving Contests (November 26-27).

It’s always impressive when someone wins more than one tourney on a single day, and Steven Meier was one of several who did that last week. It’s even more laudable when someone sustains their excellence through two days in a given week—and Meier did that too.

If you’re a 2022 NHC Tour member, you need to circle Sunday on your calendar. That’s the day of this year’s final free NHC qualifier at HorsePlayers. It’s a Pick & Pray with five seats guaranteed.