You can like the final result or not like it, but it’s safe to say we won’t be forgetting this Run for the Roses anytime soon.
Looking Back at a Memorable Derby
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Tony Martin and Ken Seeman Score Double Wins; Ernest Hey Jr. and John Doyle Keep Rolling (Weekend Recap May 5)
Because the Kentucky Derby took place on Saturday and an unexpected cancellation at Belmont knocked out too many contest races on Friday, all of the weekend’s featured-tourney action (10 events) was compressed into Sunday—and that was just fine with Tony Martin.
Ten Contests on Sunday Including Up-to-$20,000 Pick & Pray and Qualifiers to BCBC, NHC, Spa & Surf Showdown and Belmont, Preakness, Saratoga Challenges Top Special Friday/Sunday Featured Tourney Schedule
We know you will be understandably focused on the Derby this Saturday, and since we are not able to offer Churchill races, we have diverted all of our weekend featured events to either Friday or Sunday. It’s not exactly an even split, though. One of the “featured eleven” will go Friday and the rest on Sunday. Let’s start at the beginning.
“This Horse Has No Shot…but He’ll be on My Tickets!”
As contest players, many of us have been conditioned, out of necessity, to zero in on a single horse that we like best in a race and make that our selection. That type of thinking doesn’t seem to hold much sway with respect to people who provide their analysis each year of the Kentucky Derby. The general mindset seems to be more like, “Use ‘em all!”
Craig Hom Sweeps the Saturday-Sunday Cash Games; John Doyle Repeats in BCBC Low Ratio Qualifier; David Snyder and Rex Robinson Pick Six (Weekend Recap April 26-28)
Weekend two-baggers are always impressive—and doubly so, in my mind, when they don’t occur on the same day. We had a couple of those last weekend.
Six Guaranteed NHC Seats, Three Guaranteed BCBC entries Plus Guaranteed All-Inclusive Package to The BIG One Among the Top Prizes Available on Pre-Derby Weekend
We can’t guarantee that you’ll be a winner this weekend. However, we can pretty much guarantee that things will be exciting. And we can also guarantee that there will be plenty of guarantees. The first guarantee is guaranteed to come on Friday.
Easter Prayers Answered in a Big Way for Lucas Van Zandt and Gary Blair; David Bloom Takes Old School Route to Victory in Exacta Tourney (Weekend Recap April 19-21)
It was Easter Weekend and the beginning of Passover, so HorseTourneys stayed true to that religious theme by having last weekend be dominated by Pick & Pray games. (That plus the fact that we alternate the slant each week, and the previous weekend had a live-format tilt.) The results had many giving thanks to the heavens above.
First-Chance Opportunities to Qualify for Santa Anita Preakness Challenge, Belmont Stakes Challenge and Del Mar Handicapping Challenge Plus Big Bucks, The BIG One, NHC, BCBC and More Top 19-Featured-Tourney Weekend
“Challenge” is a key word in the world of handicapping contests. “Challenge” is to contests as “Stakes” is to big races. On Easter Sunday, you can qualify for the first time to the 2019 renewals of three Challenges. It’s sure to be, ahem, challenging. As usual, though, the featured-tourney action at HorseTourneys gets started on Friday.
Faron McCubbins Closes with a Rush to Capture Keeneland’s April 14, 2019 Grade One Gamble
(courtesy of Jim Goodman, Keeneland)
Overcoming inclement weather and late changes to the contest landscape, Faron McCubbins of Mount Washington, Ky., hammered the 9th race at Keeneland with an $800 exacta on 8-10 that paid $28,560, resulting in an incredible final bankroll of $31,560 that bested 180 other contestants in the Keeneland Grade One Gamble. For his efforts, Faron took home $35,000 in prize money, a fully paid Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) berth at Santa Anita worth $10,000, and an entry into the 2020 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) at Bally’s Las Vegas.
Dennis Montoro the Top Winner on Back-to-Back Days; Christopher Podratz Picks Six on Sunday (Weekend Recap April 12-14)
It was a live-format weekend with lots of longshots and multiple paths to victory (at least on Saturday and Sunday). That meant that almost no one was able to win more than one big prize. There was one notable exception, however.
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