Much of the HorseTourneys crew will hit the road this weekend to work The BIG One at Laurel Park. Thanks to a couple of $7,000 buy-in entries the field stands at 54 with only three buy-in seats remaining. As exciting as this competition will be with $100,000 in cash, eight BCBC seats and 10 NHC seats on the line, we’ve got plenty going on right here to keep those not in Maryland quite busy.
As the classic George Carlin joke goes, “Have you ever noticed that anyone on the highway driving slower than you is an idiot? And anyone driving faster than you is a MANIAC?”
I was reminded of this recently while reading certain responses to some of my recent blogs.
It was already a pretty good September for Dan Shugar. The Los Angeles business owner had won $12,500 on Saturday, September 9 when finishing first in that day’s $25,000 Guaranteed Pick & Pray.
Only two online seats are left for the all-inclusive September 23-24 The BIG One at Laurel Park. That means just two vacancies to compete for at least $76,000 in cash, eight BCBC seats, 10 NHC seats and 10 HPWS entries (or $1,500 in cash if you prefer) against a field of no more than 57. And there’s a $500,000 lump sum bonus on the table if you win The BIG One and the 2018 NHC. So don’t miss this Sunday’s final qualifier. But there’s a lot more this weekend that you may not want to miss either.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Brent Johnson recently after his victory in the August 26-27 Woodbine Weekend Handicapping Tournament.
You know that feeling when you’re nursing a lead into the last race of a tournament and you plead to the racing gods, “Just don’t let the bomb win”—and then, sure enough, the bomb wins?
Forty-six of 50 available online spots for the September 23-24 The BIG One at Laurel Park are spoken for. And since our weekly qualifiers guarantee two spots per weekend, that means that only two opportunities to qualify remain. This week’s comes on Sunday—but there’s plenty more action where that came from.
Labor Day Weekend brings September on in style at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers. It’s our last opportunity of the year to play Saratoga and Del Mar—which is kind of sad. But parting can be such sweet sorrow when $60,000 and at least 18 seats to top onsite tourneys are up for grabs.
His name may not be all that familiar to handicapping contest players. But Victor Mendes Sr. of Boca Raton, Fla., has been part of the South Florida racing scene for decades—wearing a number of hats during that time, including those of jockey’s agent and professional handicapper.
For all of the rich and exciting featured tournaments that took place last weekend, one contest—and one winner—stands above the rest: Saturday’s winner of HorseTourneys’ first $100,000 game, Victor Mendes Sr. of Boca Raton, Florida.
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