Saturday, September 20
$500 buy-in: $100 entry fee + $400 live bankroll
100% of Entry Fees paid out as prizes. Maximum of two (2) entries per person.
Play exclusively on Xpressbet app or website.
(Minnesota residents must play on Xpressbet app on Canterbury Park property)
NHC Tour ID needed to win NHC entry.
Two National Horseplayers Championship berths guaranteed.
Live wagering contest using Canterbury Park races on Sept. 20.
WPS EX TRI DD
Win your way in:
Instant Qualifier Aug. 24
Satellite Aug. 16
Sunday Satellite Aug. 17
PRIZES
Two (2) seats to the 2026 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations, will be awarded regardless of the total number of entries in this tournament.
Below are two (2) examples of the prize pool distribution depending on the number of entries in this contest:
At 75 entries, prizes will be:
– First Place Finisher receives a 2026 NHC Seat, including airfare and hotel accommodations.
– Second Place Finisher receives a 2026 NHC Seat, including airfare and hotel accommodations.
– Third Place Finisher receives $300 cash (100% of cash prize pool).
At 100 entries, prizes will be:
– First Place Finisher receives a 2026 NHC Seat, including airfare and hotel accommodations.
– Second Place Finisher receives a 2026 NHC Seat, including airfare and hotel accommodations.
– Third Place Finisher receives $2,800 cash (100% of cash prize pool).
CONTEST LOCATIONS
This tournament is offered ONLINE ONLY at https://www.xpressbet.com.
Minnesota residents who wish to participate in this tournament may do so from on-site at Canterbury Park using the Xpressbet app.
PLAYER’S BANKROLL
This is a ‘real money’ Handicapping Contest. In order to participate, this contest requires a $500 buy-in, per entry. Of each buy-in, $400 will be used for a player’s bankroll, while the remaining $100 will be allocated to the prize pool (100% of entry fees will be paid out as prizes). Players may only compete online at www.xpressbet.com, or with the Xpressbet Mobile App.
Online Participation
Players that compete online at www.xpressbet.com will have a separate Contest account for each entry that they purchase. Each Contest account will have a balance of $400 for each of their paid entries, this balance will be the player’s initial bankroll. To participate in the contest, follow instructions at www.xpressbet.com. Players must have an Xpressbet account in good standing to play.
At the conclusion of the Contest, any dollar amount remaining within the Xpressbet Contest account remains the property of the player. Xpressbet will transfer funds from the Contest account back to the player’s primary Xpressbet account at the conclusion of the Contest.
TO ENTER
Players may compete in this contest on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at xpressbet.com. There is a maximum of two (2) entries per person.
No entries will be taken after the start of the fifth race (Race 5) at Canterbury Park on the tournament day.
Online registration begins approximately 96 hours in advance of the tournament.
FORMAT
– Tournament races are ALL live thoroughbred races from Canterbury Park on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
– Permitted wagers are Win, Place, Show, Exacta, Trifecta and Daily Double.
– No Superfecta, Super High 5, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 or Pick 6 wagers are permitted in this contest. The Parlay function for Win, Place and Show wagers is not permitted in this contest.
– Players must, at minimum, wager $100 or more on at least three (3) different races.
– Players must wager, at minimum, their entire $400 bankroll during the contest.
– There are no maximums – players may wager as much as they want, including the winnings from their bankroll, whenever they wish.
Should an entry in this contest fail to meet the above-mentioned requirements, that entry may be disqualified from the contest, making the entry ineligible to win prizes. Any situation involving a late scratch where it is deemed the players were not given sufficient time to adjust their betting will be handled on a case-by-case basis by contest officials.
The player with the largest bankroll after the last Contest Race on Saturday, September 20, 2025, will be declared the winner. It is the player’s responsibility to meet the wagering requirements listed above. Contest officials will make the decision on disqualification in the event of a rule violation and all decisions are final. The remaining bankroll in either their tournament card or their online Xpressbet contest account remains the property of the player. Entry fees will not be refunded in the event of a disqualification.
Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year points: 1st=3, 2nd= 2, 3rd=1
