Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge Registration Kicks Off

Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 10:44 am |Back to:, Top News King of the Turf Championship belt | Kentucky Downs Kentucky Downs' King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge returns Sept. 7 with a new one-day format and is highlighted by six graded stakes each worth at least $1 million. The $2500 per-entry buy-in includes $1500 for the player's bankroll and…

Collecting more than $120000 in the final race of the tournament and taking down the largest winning total in event history, Kentucky native Sean Boarman has been declared the official winner of the 2023 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge. The announcement was made upon completion of a full audit, in accordance with BCBC rules and regulations. The…

Breeders' Cup Saturday was just another day at the office for professional gambler Sean Boarman … until White Abarrio and Elite Power stepped in and helped make that particular day Boarman's best day at the office ever. Thanks to their victories, Boarman became another of the day's top winners at the 2023 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita. He left the…

Keeneland Barn Notes: Mawj Brings Trainer Back to Keeneland (Arklow begins another career option / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Keeneland Media Team: ************************* MAWJ (IRE) BRINGS BIN SUROOR BACK TO KEENELAND Trainer Saeed bin Suroor has not started a horse at Keeneland since Shuruq finished sixth in the 2014 Juddmonte Spinster…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland's 17-day Fall Meet opens Friday, Oct. 6, with the start of Fall Stars Weekend, three days of exceptional Thoroughbred racing that will help determine the fields for the Breeders' Cup World Championships and the contenders for Eclipse Awards as North American champions. The Fall Meet, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 28,…

TORONTO- Woodbine Entertainment will be hosting a Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge on this Saturday's Turf Champions Day, headlined by the Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile. The 2023 Woodbine Mile Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge is a "real money" online and onsite handicapping tournament, opening to players across North America. Registration to play…

Handicappers in the Finish Line Pavilion last year. (Grace Clark photo) Kentucky Downs Press Release FRANKLIN, Ky. - Kentucky Downs is expanding the Super Hi-5 wager to all its 17 stakes races in addition to the last race of the day at the upcoming all-grass meet. The FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs, which offers the most lucrative purses in the…

David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - Jose Giron of Silver Spring, Md. finished with a balance of $1885.50 to top a field of 98 entrants and capture the Maryland Jockey Club's Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, Aug. 19 at Laurel Park. The fall edition of the bi-annual Champions Tournament was hosted in Laurel's refurbished…

David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club LAUREL, Md. - The Maryland Jockey Club will host the fall session of its bi-annual Champions Handicapping Tournament Saturday, Aug. 19 in the second-floor clubhouse sports bar at Laurel Park. Berths to the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and Pegasus World Cup…

Del Mar racetrack's 84th season promises to be another "Classic" one, from the marquee race to a smorgasbord of food-and-beverage events. Action at the seaside oval will begin July 21 and continue through Sept. 10, featuring 39 stakes races worth a total of $8.275 million. The Grade I, $1 million FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic on Sept. 2 tops the…

When the 500-player field of finalists convenes in Las Vegas for the 24 annual $2.25 million NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) on March 10-12, one of the players the spotlight will shine brightest upon will be Dylan Donnelly, a young horseplayer coming off an exceptional year of contest play in 2022 that netted him several tournament…

Going "all-in" on Flightline with a $97000 win wager in the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Drew Coatney won last Saturday's 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC). The 14th annual Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money tournament, held Nov. 4-5, drew a record 569 entries for the 39th…

A $97000 "all-in" win wager on Flightline in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic propelled Drew Coatney to victory in Saturday's 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge. The 14th annual Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money tournament, on Nov. 4 and 5, drew a record 569 entries for the two-day program at…

On November 4-5, 2022, the 39th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Keeneland. With 14 Championship races and over $31 million in total purses and awards, the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships weekend is the premier horse racing event of the year. This Inside Track to the Breeders' Cup wagering guide is a combination of some of…

Preparing for the Breeders' Cup world championships can be an exciting but also intimidating, almost overwhelming process for horseplayers. There are 14 races, most of them with full fields, with horses coming from all over the world to compete on a racetrack that many of the competitors have never raced over previously. On top of that, there is a…

Keeneland Barn Notes: Twilight Gleaming Headlines Field for Sunday's Franklin Stakes (Twilight Gleaming / Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: TWILIGHT GLEAMING (IRE) HEADS OVERFLOW FIELD FOR SUNDAY'S FRANKLIN Stonestreet Stables' Twilight Gleaming (IRE), winner of last fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) at Del Mar,…

On November 4-5, 2022, the 39th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Keeneland. With 14 Championship races and over $31 million in total purses and awards, the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships weekend is the premier horse racing event of the year. In 2021, our Inside Track to the Breeders' Cup wagering guide told you Knicks Go…

The Maryland Jockey Club will host the fall session of its bi-annual Champions Handicapping Tournament Saturday, Oct. 15 in the second-floor clubhouse sports bar at Laurel Park. Berths to the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC) are on the line, as…

Registration for Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money handicapping tournament, the 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, opened Thursday. The Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, now in its 14th year, annually draws the top horseplayers from around North America and will crown the winner with the highest accumulated bankroll at the end of the…

Play at Keeneland, Online, or at Satellite Locations in Thoroughbred Racing's Biggest Live-Money Tournament Nov. 4-5 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2022) - Registration for Thoroughbred racing's biggest live-money handicapping tournament, the 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), is now open. The Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, now in its 14th…

FRANKLIN - Tom Rapps knows well that horse racing can be a game of inches. The 58-year-old from suburban Cleveland had to sweat out a pair of photo finishes determined by a nose, but luck fell his way to win the King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge with an aggregate total of $5760.30 for the three-contest series on Kentucky Downs' races "I had…

FRANKLIN, Ky.- Tom Rapps knows well that horse racing can be a game of inches. The 58-year-old from suburban Cleveland had to sweat out a pair of photo finishes determined by a nose, but luck fell his way to win the King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge with an aggregate total of $5760.30 for the three-contest series on Kentucky Downs' races "I…

Tom Rapps knows well that horse racing can be a game of inches. The 58-year-old from suburban Cleveland had to sweat out a pair of photo finishes determined by a nose, but luck fell his way to win the King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge with an aggregate total of $5760.30 for the three-contest series on Kentucky Downs' races "I had 80 bucks…

Todd Cady, from San Diego, CA, hit a huge Double wager in races 8 & 9 for over $18000 which was enough to claim victory over 130 total entries in the 19 annual Del Mar Summer Challenge. Cady wins $67000 cash, a $10000 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) entry and a $3000 entry to the Pacific Classic Betting Challenge at Del Mar or online…