Month: October 2020

2021 NHC Rescheduled For August Due To COVID-19 Precautions

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that the 2021 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) has been rescheduled for Aug. 27-29 at Bally's Las Vegas due to the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The new date is nearly 200 days later than the originally scheduled NHC slated for Feb. 12-14.

“With the support of our partners at Bally's and Caesars Entertainment, we have secured dates that provide us with a great opportunity to host a world class event in the safest possible environment for our participants, guests and employees,” said Keith Chamblin, Chief Operating Officer of the NTRA.

Precautions related to COVID-19 will be finalized and announced as the new date approaches and will be based on the most up-to-date local, state and federal guidance. Bally's and many other Caesars Entertainment properties in Las Vegas already are back open and operating.


The change in date for the 2021 NHC will have no bearing on the current 2020-21 NHC Tour, which remains set to conclude on Jan. 23, 2021. Chamblin said that he anticipates that the 2022 NHC will revert to its traditional February date.

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2021 National Horseplayers Championship Moved from February to August

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) has rescheduled the upcoming 2021 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), originally slated for Feb. 12-14, to Aug. 27-29 due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. The NHC, a culmination of a year-long series of tournaments of which the winner is honored at the Eclipse Awards, will be held at Bally’s Las Vegas.

“With the support of our partners at Bally’s and Caesars Entertainment, we have secured dates that provide us with a great opportunity to host a world-class event in the safest possible environment for our participants, guests and employees,” said the NTRA’s chief operating officer Keith Chamblin.

According to the NTRA, the 2021 date change will not impact the current 2020-21 NHC Tour, which concludes Jan. 23. The 2022 NHC will be scheduled for its usual February dates.

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Into Mischief Filly Gets the ‘Call’ in Miss Preakness

Mundaye Call (Into Mischief), an eye-catching winner in track-record time of the Runhappy Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park Aug. 9, seeks her first graded score in Saturday’s GIII Miss Preakness S. at Pimlico.

After recording a field-best 100 Beyer Speed Figure in that front-running, 7 1/4-length decision, the OXO Equine colorbearer got caught up in a torrid pace in Churchill’s GII Eight Belles S. Sept. 4 and tired to fourth.

The 7-5 morning-line favorite takes on a pair of ‘TDN Rising Stars’ here, including the field’s lone Grade I winner Wicked Whisper (Liam’s Map).

A close second behind Fly On Angel (Palace Malice) in the GIII Charles Town Oaks Aug. 28, Wicked Whisper looks for her first win since capturing Belmont’s GI Frizette S. last October.

‘Rising Star’ Ain’t No Elmers (Goldencents), a sharp winner of her first two attempts at Fair Grounds earlier this term, ended a three-race losing streak with an optional claiming score at Churchill Downs Sept. 2. She is a perfect three-for-three at the six-furlong distance of the Miss Preakness.

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