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Registration Open For Belmont Stakes Challenge

Registration for the two-day Belmont Stakes Challenge presented by Jackpocket, offering cash prizes along with seats to the National Horseplayers' Championship (NHC) and Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) is now open. The event takes place over Belmont S. weekend, Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5.

Entrants for the challenge will compete for cash prizes down to fourth place as well as one seat to the 2022 Belmont Stakes Challenge, four seats to the NHC and two BCBC berths.

The 2021 Belmont Stakes Challenge has an entry fee of $10,000, of which $2,500 goes to the prize pool. The balance is the player's bankroll. Tournament races will kick off Friday, June 4 and will conclude with the 153rd running of the GI Belmont S. the next afternoon.

Registration is available by clicking here. In order to enter and play online, contestants must be registered account holders at NYRA Bets. To learn more, click here.

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Breeders’ Cup Launches HorsePlayers Happy Hour Tour

Breeders' Cup announces the launch of the HorsePlayers Happy Hour Tour (“HorsePlayers Tour”) hosted by In the Money Media (ITMM), which will begin Thursday, April 8, at 3:00 p.m. ET. The HorsePlayers Tour will coincide with the popular HorsePlayers Happy Hour livestream featuring ITMM's Matt Bernier, Peter Fornatale and Jonathon Kinchen. Each week fans at home can play along with the ITMM team for a chance to earn tour points and qualify for the season-ending playoffs. One $10,000 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) seat will be awarded to the player that finishes first on the regular season leaderboard and another will be awarded to the winner of the playoffs.

The HorsePlayers Tour kicks off on April 8 with a $20 feeder contest on HorsePlayers.com, where sign-ups are currently live. In addition to the tour benefits, the designated contests will also award one seat per 65 entries into that weekend's $179 BCBC qualifier on HorsePlayers.com. For more information and complete rules, visit BreedersCup.com/Happy-Hour-Tour.

Breeders' Cup will donate all proceeds from the HorsePlayers Tour online contests to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and the Thoroughbred Retirement Fund. In 2020, Breeders' Cup raised over $6,500 for its charity partners through the HorsePlayers Happy Hour program.

“HorsePlayers are the heartbeat of our sport and this exciting new format is a great way to keep them engaged all season long and reward them for playing in our online contests,” said Justin McDonald, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Breeders' Cup. “Being able to follow along and interact with the In the Money Media team during our weekly livestreams is a unique and fun component of the tour that new and avid fans will really enjoy.”

Each week players participating in the designated HorsePlayers Tour feeder contest will have a chance to earn tour points and qualify for the year-end playoffs. Points will be awarded to the top ten finishers each week, starting with 100 points to the winner and descending in increments of 10 points to each respective place below that, with 10 points awarded to the 10th-place finisher. The top eight scores for each player during the regular season will be used to calculate the final leaderboard scores. The person with the highest overall score will be declared the regular season winner and earn a $10,000 BCBC seat.

Once the regular season concludes, there will be an 80-player playoff that will consist of the top two finishers from each of the weekly HorsePlayers Tour contests, as well as the remaining top finishers on the regular season leaderboard who have not already qualified. Playoffs will start the week of Sept. 20 with 80 total players and be narrowed down to 40 players the week of Sept. 27, 20 players the week of Oct. 4, and 10 players the week of Oct. 18 for the Final Table. This schedule is subject to change. The Final Table participants will compete during a special livestream format that will be broadcast as the final show of the season, with the winner earning a $10,000 BCBC seat. Players can have up to three entries at the start of the playoffs, but only one entry can advance to the Final Table.

For schedule updates, more information and complete rules, visit BreedersCup.com/Happy-Hour-Tour.

To participate, players must have a valid Horseplayers.com account. To sign up for a free HorsePlayers account, visit HorsePlayers.com now. HorsePlayers Happy Hour hosted by ITMM's Matt Bernier, Peter Fornatale and Jonathon Kinchen is livestreamed weekly on Breeders' Cup's Facebook and Twitter pages.

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NYRA Announces 2021 Handicapping Challenge Series Schedule

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a lucrative schedule for the 2021 Handicapping Challenge series, anchored by the two-day Belmont Stakes Challenge slated for June 4-5.

NYRA Handicapping Challenge entrants will be able to register and compete online in all contests via NYRA Bets. The leaderboard for all of these contests will be posted throughout the day on America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast produced by NYRA in partnership with FOX Sports.

In order to enter and play online, contestants must be registered NYRA Bets account holders. To learn more, visit www.NYRA.com/challenge.

Entrants for the two-day Belmont Stakes Challenge will compete for one seat to the 2022 Belmont Stakes Challenge, four seats to the National Handicapping Championship (NHC) and two seats to the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC).

The 2021 Belmont Stakes Challenge has an entry fee of $10,000, of which $2,500 will go directly to the prize pool, with the remaining $7,500 comprising each participants' bankroll. Eligible tournament races at Belmont Park will start on Friday, June 4, and end with the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 5. Contest players can make win, place, show, exacta, and trifecta wagers.

Online registration for the Belmont Stakes Challenge will open in May.

Over the course of the 2021 season, NYRA will offer six NYRA Bets live-money handicapping challenges featuring a $3,000 buy-in with each event offering cash prizes, a seat in another 2021 $3,000 NYRA Bets contest and two 2022 NHC seats.

The $3,000 NYRA Bets handicapping challenges will kick off on Saturday, March 6 with the Gotham Challenge.

The one-mile Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham, which provides 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers, headlines a stacked Big A card that includes the Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap for 4-year-olds and up going six furlongs; the $250,000 Busher Invitational for 3-year-old fillies offering 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points to the top-four finishers; and the $125,000 Stymie for 4-year-olds and up.

The $3,000 NYRA Bets handicapping challenge series:
Saturday, March 6 – Gotham Challenge
Saturday, April 3 – Wood Memorial Challenge
Saturday, July 3 – Stars & Stripes Challenge
Saturday, Aug. 7 – Whitney Challenge
Saturday, Sept. 4 – Woodward Challenge
Saturday, Dec. 4 – Cigar Mile Challenge

Each Saturday throughout the racing season – with the exception of the NYRA Bets challenge series dates and also May 1, May 15, and Nov. 6 – NYRA Bets will offer a $300 live-money handicapping challenge.

The unique NYRA Bets $300 live-money handicapping challenge ($200 live bankroll / $100 prize pool) offers cash prizes to the top seven finishers, while players that land eighth through tenth in the standings will receive an entry in next week's contest ($300 value).

New NYRA Bets members are currently eligible to receive a bet $200 get $200 bonus. NYRA Bets is the official wagering platform of The New York Racing Association, Inc. Available to horseplayers nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at www.NYRABets.com.

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Timothy Yohler Wins Del Mar Fall Challenge Handicapping Contest

Timothy Yohler of Fisher, Ind., scored huge in the last race to win the Del Mar Fall Challenge handicapping contest. Yohler vaulted into the lead with large exacta and trifecta wagers turning his final $1,500 in bankroll into $30,180.

In addition to Yohler's bankroll winnings, he receives $35,000 in cash and a $10,000 2021 Breeders Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) entry.

Second place finisher Christy Moore ended with a bankroll of $24,840 and a cash prize of $19,000. Kevin Bogart finished third good for $7,500 in prizes. Both Christy and Kevin also receive $10,000 BCBC entries for next year's Breeders Cup held at Del Mar.

The Challenge buy-in was $4,000 with $3,000 going to the player starting bankroll and $1,000 to the prize pool which offered $100,000 in total prizes.

2020 Del Mar Fall Handicapping Challenge
	Name	CONTEST BALANCE
1	Timothy Yohler	$30,180.00
2	Christy Moore	$24,840.00
3	Kevin Bogart	$14,069.10
4	Evan Trommer	$12,220.00
5	Mickey Hopkins	$11,795.00
6	Dennis Hubbard	$ 9,345.60
7	Peter Rinato	$ 8,124.50
8	Chris Macero	$ 7,650.30
9	Robert Rosette	$ 7,245.90
10	Shawn Turner	$ 6,644.00

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