National Handicapping Championship

NHC 2020 Live Blog: Tracking Mike Somich

Welcome to my first live blog, covering the 2020 NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC)! I’ll be onsite at Bally’s Las Vegas tracking Mike Somich, my cohost of The Magic Mike […]

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Paul Matties Wins 17th DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship, Bernier Takes NHC Charity Challenge

LAS VEGAS (Saturday, January 30, 2016) – Paul Matties of Ballston Spa, N.Y., topped a field of 629 entries to win the $800,000 first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as […] Read More

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NHC Field Cut to 63, New Clubhouse Leader but All Comes Down to Saturday

LAS VEGAS (Friday, January 29, 2016) – Handicapping contest veteran Dave Gutfreund – still known to many by his old nickname “The Maven” – leads the 17th Daily Racing Form/NTRA […] Read More

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NHC Day One in the Books, Bongiovanni Leads After Hitting Two Bombs

LAS VEGAS (Thursday, January 28, 2016) – First-time qualifier Phil Bongiovanni, a 43-year-old Thoroughbred racehorse owner from Yorba Linda, Calif., leads the 17th Daily Racing Form/NTRA NHC Presented by Racetrack […] Read More

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Playing for the $2 Million Bonus, Q&A With NHC Tour Winner Jonathon Kinchen

Jonathon Kinchen, a 33-year-old University of Texas graduate in real estate in Austin, is gunning for a record $2.8 million payday for a horseplayer if he wins the Daily Racing […] Read More

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Record $2.75 Million Estimated Purse On Line at 17th DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship

LAS VEGAS (Monday, January 25, 2016) – A record field of at least 627 entrants will compete for the largest purse in handicapping tournament history – estimated at $2.75 million […] Read More