$3M Bonus Tied to Two Handicapping Tourneys
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A $3 million National Handicapping Championship Tour bonus will be awarded to any horseplayer who wins the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge Nov. 4-5 and the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Jan. 27-29, 2017, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and Breeders' Cup announced July 31.
The "NHC Tour $3,000,000 Double" starts with the $1 million estimated BCBC, a live bankroll contest with a $10,000 buy-in, and continues with NHC 18, the world's richest handicapping contest worth an estimated $2.8 million in cash and prizes.
Last year's BCBC winner earned more than $300,000, and first prize at the NHC is $800,000, meaning that successful completion of the NHC Tour Double would be worth more than $4.1 million. Players must be current members of the NHC Tour ($50 membership) to be eligible to win the lucrative bonus.
"This bonus ties together and strengthens the two most prestigious handicapping contests in the world," said NTRA chief operating officer Keith Chamblin said. "Winning the BCBC in November and the NHC in January would be unprecedented and a feat worthy of the richest payday in handicapping contest history."
The BCBC offers 15 seats to the NHC. Online and on-site qualifying tournaments, offering $10,000 berths into the BCBC as prizes, continue throughout the summer and fall leading to the November Breeders' Cup.