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NHC: Perry Qualifies For 13th Appearance In National Tournament

Each week, the NTRA will provide a rundown of those who have qualified for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) the previous weekend.

The NHC is the most important tournament of the year for horseplayers and is the culmination of a year-long series of NTRA-sanctioned local tournaments conducted by racetracks, casino race books, off-track betting facilities and horse racing and handicapping websites, each of which sends its top qualifiers to the national finals. The 2021 NHC is now slated take place in the Bally's Events Center from August 27-29.
Friday, January 1
HorsePlayers.com
Joseph Perry of Hamilton, N.J. has qualified for what will be his 13th appearance at the NHC. Perry has twice finished sixth in the NHC and has cashed four times for a total of $147,000.
William Price of Peru, N.Y. will be making his second NHC appearance when he heads to Las Vegas in 2021.
Saturday, January 2
Monmouth Park
Bill Cox of Matawan, N.J. has qualified for his first NHC appearance.
David Peed of Ellicott City, Md., will be making his second NHC appearance.
HorsePlayers.com
Don Allen of Bradley, Ark., has qualified for his 13th appearance at the NHC. Allen has cashed five times for a total of $37,700.
John Behnke of Golden, Colo., will be making his third NHC appearance.
Xpressbet
Tony Zhou of Jersey City, N.J. will be heading to the NHC for the sixth time.
Eric Bialek of Saint Paul, Minn., will be making his sixth appearance in the NHC. Bialek finished seventh in 2020, cashing for $58,500.
Dennis Hubbard of Daly City, Calif., has qualified for his first NHC tournament.
Paul Belanger of Los Angeles, Calif., will be making his third NHC appearance.
Sunday, January 3
HorsePlayers.com
Josh Reims of Encino, Calif., has qualified for his first NHC appearance.
Dan Shugar of Los Angeles, Calif., is now dual qualified for what will be his tenth NHC appearance. Shugar has cashed once for $7,700 in 2014.
Andrew Asaro of San Diego, Calif., is now dual qualified for what will be his first NHC tournament.
Friday, January 8
HorsePlayers.com
Dennis Desenberg of Norwalk, Iowa will be heading to the NHC for the fifth time.
Matthew Kroska of Elko, Minn., will be making his NHC debut when he heads to Las Vegas in 2021.
Saturday, January 9
Tampa Bay Downs
Bill Chenvert of The Villages, Fla., is now dual qualified for what will be his eighth NHC appearance.
HorsePlayers.com
Jeff Higgins will be making his NHC debut in 2021.
Francis Drew of Clearwater, Fla., will be heading to the NHC for the sixth time. Drew has cashed twice previously for a total of $64,200.
Sunday, January 10
HorsePlayers.com
Scott Fitzgerald of Westford, Mass., has qualified for his fifth NHC appearance. Fitzgerald has cashed twice for a total of $36,000.

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Colonial Downs Opens Fifth Rosie’s Gaming Emporium Location, This Time In Northern Virginia

At a ceremonial outdoor and socially distanced ribbon cutting, Colonial Downs Group announced Jan. 8 that Rosie's Gaming Emporium is now open in Dumfries, Va. Rosie's, located in the Triangle Shopping Plaza convenient to Interstate 95, features 150 slots-like gaming machines, simulcast horse racing, restaurant and bar. At the event, Rosie's displayed its commitment to community by donating $76,500 to five local charities; the Boys and Girls Club of Dumfries, the Prince William County Foundation, Paws for Purple Hearts, Kappa Lambda Chi military fraternity and the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.

“It is very exciting to be opening our fifth Rosie's in Virginia,” said Aaron Gomes, chief operating officer of Colonial Downs Group. “The opening of this Rosie's adds to our tremendous success in Virginia and enters us into Northern Virginia. The Dumfries location builds on our commitment to create more than one thousand jobs and generate significant tax revenues across the Commonwealth by bringing together gaming enthusiasts and the community to experience an exciting and fun activity.”

“I am so pleased to be part of the expansion of gaming in Virginia,” said Rick Casagrande, general manager at the Dumfries location. “Our team is fully committed to delivering a fun experience and economic development to the Prince William community.” Casagrande has decades of experience in the gaming industry, most recently at Fitz Casino and Hotel in Mississippi.

Rosie's in Dumfries will be open Sunday – Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. It will create more than 100 jobs in Dumfries and generate approximately $705,000 in annual tax revenue for the Town of Dumfries, increasing annual town revenue by approximately 20%.

Colonial Downs Group and its five Rosie's Gaming Emporiums will generate over $32 million in state and local taxes annually and has created upwards of 1,000 jobs statewide with an annual payroll of more than $30 million.

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Golden Hour Double, Pick 4 To Resume With Friday’s Reopening Of Golden Gate Fields

With the resumption of live racing this Friday at Golden Gate Fields, Santa Anita Park has announced the return of a pair of popular low takeout wagers linking the two California tracks—the $1 Golden Hour Pick 4 and the $5 Golden Hour Double.  The Pick 4 consists of the final two races at each track, while the Golden Hour Double is comprised of the last race at both properties.  Each wager features a fan-friendly 15 percent takeout.

The Golden Hour Pick 4 will begin with Santa Anita's second to last race for Leg One, then shift to Golden Gate for Leg Two, back to Santa Anita for Leg Three and end each day at Golden Gate with Leg Four, which will be the last race on their program.

The Golden Hour Double will always begin with Santa Anita's last race and transition to Golden Gate for the second half of the wager.

For additional information, please visit santaanita.com.

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Tampa Bay Downs: ‘Plan B’ Helps Chenvert Win High Rollers Contest

When he crunched the numbers for the last race of Saturday's High Rollers Handicapping Contest at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., Bill Chenvert determined 6-year-old mare Pugilist was the horse to beat in the one-mile claiming event on the turf.

Quick math also revealed Chenvert could not make enough money on the even-money favorite to win the contest. So he turned to his second choice, 4-year-old filly Caribbean Kitten, who had won her previous race and carried more generous odds of 9-2. After placing his contest wager of $100 to win, Chenvert, along with his son Brian and grandson Will, watched things unfold in the Skye Terrace Dining Room.

Pugilist moved first, but Caribbean Kitten was flying on the outside. Her 1 ¾-length victory from 12-1 shot Shes Dynomite added $570 to Chenvert's contest bankroll, giving him $2,090 and enabling him to edge past Greg Lewis by $30 for the top spot and first prize of $17,000.

Lewis won $6,800 for second. Both men also won seats in either of the next two National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas. There were 83 entries in the High Rollers contest.

“We were making a little bit of noise in the restaurant” (during the last race), said Chenvert, a 70-year-old resident of The Villages in central Florida. “It's exciting when you win any tournament, but that was kind of an unbelievable finish. It's just a thrill when you compete against that quality of players.”

Success in the world of big-money Thoroughbred handicapping contests is nothing new for Chenvert. He finished second to Brian, his son, in last year's Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship at Gulfstream Park and was second in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Handicapping Tournament at Santa Anita. On top of that, he is competing this weekend in the Flo-Cal Faceoff and the HorsePlayers BCBC contest.

Chenvert, who owns a nursery and landscaping company in The Villages with his wife, said the High Rollers Handicapping Contest more than meets his competitive instincts. “Tampa Bay Downs is kind of close by, and I enjoy the track,” he said. “The contest is easy to enter and they do a good job running everything. We look forward to playing it again.”

Chenvert got off to a rip-roaring start, collecting $1,520 in contest cash on his first wager of the contest, a $100 bet on 14-1 shot Blueyed Princess in the fourth race on the turf. He chose the first-time starter based on her bullet five-furlong workout of 1:02 from the gate on New Year's Day at Classic Mile Training Center in Ocala.

Lewis, a Columbus, Ohio, resident who finished fifth in last year's High Rollers, also had $100 to win on Blueyed Princess (are these guys lucky or just dang good?). Lewis said the High Rollers Handicapping Contest – which required a $1,000 buy-in – is a great option for handicappers ambivalent about paying a five-figure entry fee to chase six-figure prizes.

“It's a good contest for the medium-to-small player,” Lewis said. “It's well-organized, you don't have to be a heavy player to have a shot and all the money goes back to the players. I'm extremely happy with what happened. I got more than I deserve.”

Finishing third with a final bankroll of $1,987.50 was John Kaiser of Krotz Springs, La. He earned $5,100. Fourth was Scott Prestridge of Euless, Texas, who finished with a bankroll of $1,750 to collect $3,400. Fifth was John Fisher of Leesburg, Fla., whose bankroll of $1,595 was worth $1,700.

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