National Handicapping Championship

Meadowlands Horseplayers Qualify For NHC

Harry Sukhram of The Bronx, New York won the March 26 qualifier for the NTRA National Handicapping Championship at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment.

NHC Seats Awarded In Big M Qualifier

October 17, 2021

George Brown of Neeham, Massachusetts captured the NTRA National Handicapping Championship Qualifier on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment.

Three Advance To The 2018 NHC

October 12, 2017

H. Mitchell Schuman of Brightwaters, NY captured the October 7 National Handicapping Championship Qualifier at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Horseplayer Clinches Qualifier In Finale

October 02, 2016

Gwyn Houston of Fallston, Maryland topped a field of 129 entries to win the Meadowlands National Handicapping Championship qualifier on Saturday, October 1 at Meadowlands Racetrack.

VanZandt Wins Championship Berth

February 23, 2016

Lucas VanZandt, of Berlin, CT, captured the Meadowlands Racetrack's National Handicapping Championship qualifier on February 20.

Handicapping Champion Wins $800,000

January 25, 2015

John O’Neil, of Huntington Station, New York, topped a field of 606 entries to win the $800,000 first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Horseplayer of the Year at this weekend’s 16th annual Daily Ra...

Handicapping Tour Champion Crowned

January 12, 2015

Eric Moomey, a 42-year-old lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, won one of the final brick-and-mortar National Handicapping Championship (NHC) qualifiers of the year at Monmouth Park on ...

2015 NHC Purse Raised To $2M (Est.)

It has been announced that the estimated purse for the 2015 National Handicapping Championship has been increased 25 per cent to a record $2 million.

Meet The Cast Of ‘Horseplayers’

December 17, 2013

Tuesday, January 21 is the date when ‘Horseplayers’ will debut on the Esquire Network. The reality television program will follow a group of handicappers as they vie for a spot in the National Handica...

$1.1 Million Handicapping Championship Set

January 21, 2011

Defending champion Brian Troop heads a record field of 305 horseplayers who will gather at Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa on January 28-29 to vie for horse racing’s official title of 'Handicapper of ...

Troop Now $500,000 Richer

February 01, 2010

This past weekend, Barrie, Ontario resident Brian Troop, a regular patron at Georgian Downs, won the 11th annual Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) National Handicapping...