Three Monmouth “Pick Your Prize” Qualifiers and Several “All Optional Live” Tourneys Take Center Stage During Opening Weekend at Saratoga

Posted on July 16, 2020 by ericwing

For much of 2020, it seems that the “won’ts” have outnumbered the “wills”—as in we won’t have fans at Saratoga this year…and we won’t have racing at Del Mar this weekend. However, racing fans have been blessed with more “wills” than have fans of almost any other sport, and there’s plenty to look forward to this weekend at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers as we present 26 featured events, including six on Saturday and Sunday that will be run in All Optional Live format. And did we mention that Saturday is Haskell Day at Monmouth?

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Two More Big Cash Game Triumphs for Dylan Donnelly; Mike Martin and Paul Cush Score Hat Tricks; Super Sundays for Marikate Carter and Robert Traynor (Weekly Recap July 8-12)

Posted on July 13, 2020 by ericwing

Dylan Donnelly didn’t win anything of note over Fourth of July weekend—and you know that wasn’t going to sit well with him.

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Special $30,000 Closing Day Tourney on Sunday Highlights Big Keeneland/Del Mar Weekend With 25 Featured Events and $98,000 in Guaranteed Cash

Posted on July 9, 2020 by ericwing

It’s a pretty terrific weekend on the racing calendar as the lone weekend of the Keeneland Summer Meet and opening weekend at Del Mar. We have 25 featured events to help do it all up in style. Since many of our players will be busy with the Keeneland Summer Challenge on Saturday over at Xpressbet, we’re directing a lot of extra emphasis to our Sunday schedule.

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Michael Caposio Follows Up Wednesday Double With Sunday Hat Trick; Big Belmont Stakes Day Winner Michael Somich Stays Hot; Stirring Comeback by Clint Anuszewski (Weekly Recap July 1-5)

Posted on July 6, 2020 by ericwing

Multiple featured-tourney victories in a single week is always impressive. Five such victories in a single weekend is even more impressive. Five such winners split up over two different days…now that’s someone on a serious roll.

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No Shortage of Action on Fourth of July Weekend with 26 Featured Events Offering Nine Guaranteed NHC Seats, Four BCBC Entries, at Least $68,000 in Cash, and More

Posted on July 2, 2020 by ericwing

We’ll be busier than the Grucci family this Fourth of July weekend with 26 featured tourneys and an extra heavy barrage of nine guaranteed NHC seats that’s sure to elicit oohs and ahhs from any gathering of onlookers. The fireworks begin on Friday.

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A Thundering Hurd Rumbles for $14,000 and a Keeneland Seat; Double Victories for Michael Goodrich and Craig Hom; Paul Yaffee Earns Second NHC Spot in Nine Days (Weekly Recap June 24-28)

Posted on June 29, 2020 by ericwing

With a few new qualifiers added to the mix, we were up to a bulky 25 featured tourneys last week—the first three of which took place on Wednesday.

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Keeneland Summer Online Challenge, Xpressbet NHC Event and BCBC Super Low Ratio Qualifier are the “New Shooters” This Weekend in 22-Featured-Tourney Lineup

Posted on June 25, 2020 by ericwing

Even though this is “the week after the Belmont Stakes”, we’re almost as busy this week as last—22 featured events are on the schedule. And Sunday will be our busiest in quite some time with 11 marquee tourneys. Part of the mix are qualifiers to two brand new contests and a special, high-end Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge qualifier. That BCBC play-in isn’t until Saturday, though. Friday comes first.

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Michael Somich Earns $32,000 in $80,000 Belmont Stakes Day Tourney; Jon Petoskey Records Triumphs on Back-to-Back Days; Two Victories Each for Anthony Trezza and Dylan Donnelly (Weekly Recap June 17-21)

Posted on June 22, 2020 by ericwing

These spectator-less Triple Crown days work just fine for Michael Somich.

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Special $50,000 Guaranteed Cash Tourney and Dual Qualifiers to The BIG One Highlight Belmont Stakes Weekend

Posted on June 18, 2020 by ericwing

It’s not the first leg of the Triple Crown we’re used to, but it’s the one we’ve got—and we stand ready to try and supercharge it a bit with a special $50,000 Guaranteed cash game to go along with Saturday’s customary $25,000 cash game. They’re part of featured-tourney weekend offering a whopping $119,500 in Guaranteed cash. The fun begins on Friday.

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Saturday and Sunday Qualifiers to The BIG One Now Scheduled Each Week

Posted on June 16, 2020 by ericwing

Weekly qualifying to The BIG One has taken place for much of the year. So far, 21 of the 50 allotted spots to the September 19-20 tournament — which will now take place online here rather than onsite at Laurel — have been won. That leaves 29 spots to fill and three months to fill them. So we’re doubling up.

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