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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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Racing Dudes Vote Unanimous in First NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2019

LEXINGTON, KY – Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational winner City of Light officially ended his career on top by earning first place in the initial National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) […] Read More

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Supreme Court Knocks Down PASPA, Monmouth Park Wins Right to Sports Betting

OCEANPORT, NJ – After nearly seven years of legal wrangling, Monmouth Park Racetrack has won its right to sports betting after the Supreme Court announced this morning that the Professional […] Read More

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California Chrome Voted 2016 Horse of the Year: Eclipse Awards Winners

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (Saturday, January 21, 2017) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced this evening that California Chrome, winner […] Read More

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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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NHC Back to Treasure Island for 2017; Record Purse; Thursday Mandatory Races

LAS VEGAS (Wednesday, January 27, 2016) – On the eve of the 17th Daily Racing Form/NTRA NHC Presented by Racetrack Television Network and Treasure Island Las Vegas, the National Thoroughbred […] 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