December, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

NTRA-NHC Contest Workshop to Be Held at Racing Symposium

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New research findings on contest player habits, case studies on the impact of contests at several racetracks, including Kentucky Downs and Hawthorne Race Course, and a perspective from a longtime contest player highlight the upcoming National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Contest Workshop this coming Monday, Dec. 6. The workshop, which will be held in the Catalina Ballroom – Salon L, will begin at 3:00 p.m. MST, and is part of the 47th annual University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing. Any registered symposium attendee will receive a $500 discount on the purchase of an NHC berth to be awarded at their organization's contest during the 2022 NHC Tour season.

The complete agenda for the workshop is as follows:

National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Introduction and Survey Findings – Keith Chamblin, NTRA COO
Contests Offer an Opportunity to Draw Eyes to Your Racetrack's Product – Ted Nicholson, Vice President of Racing, Kentucky Downs
Caesars Entertainment Affiliation With the NHC – David Snock, Vice President of Western Operations, William Hill
Why All Racetracks Should Consider Hosting Contests Steve Byk – Host of “At the Races with Steve Byk”
Why Hawthorne Participates in the NHC – John Walsh, Assistant General Manager, Hawthorne Race Course
Contests from a Players' Perspective – Hal Wafer, NHC Players' Committee Member and NHC Mentor
Increasing Potential Prize Money Through Insured Bonuses – John Unick, International Office of America (IOA)

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Observations: Yibir’s Brother Starts at Wolves

4.30 Wolverhampton, Novice, £7,000, 2yo, 9f 104y (AWT)
WILD CRUSADE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the sixth foal to be produced by Godolphin's prized broodmare Rumh (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), introduced a month after his year-older full-brother Yibir (GB) enjoyed the limelight when winning the GI Breeders' Cup Turf. Also a full-sibling to the triple group 1 heroine Wild Illusion (GB), the April-foaled bay is pitched by Charlie Appleby into action alongside a Cheveley Park Stud notable in the John and Thady Gosden-trained Homeric (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}), an unraced half-brother to the recent GI Jockey Club Gold Cup hero Max Player (Honor Code) and the G2 Champagne S. scorer Seahenge (Scat Daddy).

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New Research, Racetrack Case Studies Highlight Agenda For NTRA-NHC Contest Workshop At Racing Symposium

The workshop, which will be held in the Catalina Ballroom – Salon L, will begin at 3:00 p.m. MST, and is part of the 47th annual University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing.

Any registered symposium attendee will receive a $500 discount on the purchase of an NHC berth to be awarded at their organization's contest during the 2022 NHC Tour season.

The complete agenda for Monday's workshop is below:

National Horseplayers Championship Workshop
Monday, December 6
Catalina Ballroom – Salon L
3:00-5:00 pm MST

Agenda

1. National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Introduction and Survey Findings
Keith Chamblin, NTRA COO

2. Contests Offer an Opportunity to Draw Eyes to Your Racetrack's Product
Ted Nicholson, Vice President of Racing, Kentucky Downs

3. Caesars Entertainment Affiliation With the NHC
David Snock, Vice President of Western Operations, William Hill

4. Why All Racetracks Should Consider Hosting Contests
Steve Byk – Host of “At the Races with Steve Byk”

5. Why Hawthorne Participates in the NHC
John Walsh, Assistant General Manager, Hawthorne Race Course

6. Contests from a Players' Perspective
Hal Wafer, NHC Players' Committee Member and NHC Mentor

7. Increasing Potential Prize Money Through Insured Bonuses
John Unick, International Office of America (IOA)

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Uncle Chuck Retired to Journeyman

Uncle Chuck (Uncle Mo–Forest Music, by Unbridled's Song), romping winner of last year's GIII Los Alamitos Derby, has been retired to Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud near Ocala, FL and will stand the 2022 season there for $6,500, LFSN.

Campaigned by Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman and trainer by Bob Baffert, the $250,000 KEESEP yearling is out of MGSW/MGISP Forest Music (Unbridled's Song), making him a half to successful Kentucky-based sire Maclean's Music (Distorted Humor) and GSWs Kentuckian (Tiznow) and Electric Forest (Curlin).

“I've seen Uncle Chuck referred to as brilliant by his connections, he was certainly that,” said Brent Fergnung. “Uncle Chuck is royally bred, an exceptional physical, and had unlimited potential as a racehorse. He is everything I look for in a stallion prospect. His abbreviated racing career, shortened by injury, is the only reason he isn't in Kentucky commanding a much larger fee.”

The handsome dark bay won his debut at Santa Anita by seven lengths. He has last seen finishing sixth as the second choice in the 2020 GI Runhappy Travers S.

“Uncle Chuck was special from day one,” Baffert said. “Assistant trainer Mike Marlow, who is a very good judge of talent, spoke about Uncle Chuck in the same terms as he did [Triple Crown winners] American Pharoah and Justify. Uncle Chuck had great athleticism and showed his sire's brilliance on the track. His potential was unlimited.”

Uncle Chuck is currently being syndicated by Journeyman and Taylor Made Farm.

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