Thanksgiving Week at Canterbury Park Race Book
Tampa Bay Downs begins its 94th season of racing this Wednesday with an 11:25 a.m. first post. Long-time local race fans will notice a familiar face offering selections in the competitive fields as Matt Carothers will handle those duties for the 90-day season. Carothers was Canterbury’s racing analyst in the early Park years before leaving […]
Horse Player World Series Satellite Saturday – In The Money Must Pay
Saturday’s $100 entry-fee HPWS Satellite handicapping contest will qualify at least one player for an entry, accommodations, and $450 for airfare to the 2018 Horse Player World Series at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas the week of March 8. The total prize package is valued at $2,450. This satellite is a mythical […]
Handicapping Contests This Week
The final in a series of Horse Player World Series Super Satellite Contests will be held this Thursday through Saturday. Each day there are three contest tracks from which to choose. Players pay a $10 entry fee for each day they would like to enter, select one track from the three options, and select one […]
Frost Wins HPWS Satellite; World Famous Sam T wires Grasmick
Kelly Frost of Maple Grove won Saturday’s Horse Player World Series Satellite Contest and will be headed to The Orleans Hotel Casino at the end of March to compete in the $1 million Horse Player World Series. Mike Ferrozzo of Eagan was second in the satellite and also earned a trip to Vegas. The contest […]
Spring Tune-Up Super Satellites Begin Thursday
The Horse Player World Series Super Satellites concluded Saturday. Winners of those events qualified for the final this Saturday, Feb. 25, the Horse Player World Series Satellite. Players can buy into this event for $100 and compete for a trip to Las Vegas at the end of March to play in the annual Horse Player […]
McCraken Wins Sam F. Davis but R2K Points Were Found Elsewhere
McCraken remained undefeated by winning Saturday’s Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs. The favorite’s impressive run from off the pace to win going away at 3 to 2 odds attracted betting in the Wynn Las Vegas Kentucky Derby futures where the son of Ghostzapper is now the 6 to 1 favorite. The 12-race Tampa […]
Horse Player World Series Satellite Contest Saturday
Saturday presents an opportunity for handicappers to use their skills to win a trip to Las Vegas in March to play in the annual Horse Player World Series at The Orleans Hotel & Casino by playing in the $100 HPWS Satellite Contest in the Canterbury Park Race Book. The HPWS usually pays more the $250,000 to […]
Horse Player World Series Super Satellite Handicapping Contests
$10 entry fee Super Satellites begin this Thursday for the Dec. 17 Horse Player World Series Satellite. The winners of the Dec. 17 event will go to Las Vegas in late March to play in the annual Orleans Hotel and Casino Horse Player World Series. If you have never experienced a national handicapping contest these […]
Big Numbers in Week 12 of Road to Kentucky Contest
“You can’t take short prices. It’s the road to nowhere.” – Brent Sumja, former trainer and NHC Tour winner, talking about contest strategy on a recent DRF Players Podcast. It was another marathon week for the Road to Kentucky contest, as Gulfstream Park put on a 14-race card which included the Florida Derby showdown between […]
Bad Trip – Road to Kentucky Week 11 Recap
“It’s like being an eyewitness to your kid being beaten up on the playground. He’s got such a fine move. Just go around.” – Trainer Tom Amoss, lamenting another tough trip for his Kentucky Derby hopeful Mo Tom, who finished fourth as the favorite in the Louisiana Derby. You know it’s going to be a […]
