Day 2 of NHC starts in about an hour here in Las Vegas. Today'ss selections will come from the tracks of Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Tampa Bay Downs, GulfStream and Santa Anita. Hope Doc Holladay is not interviewing candidates to replace Mike at the office. Looks like he will be back at work on Monday!!!

Ill update after the first few races.

Lady Luck was not good to Mike today. He finished the day with $21..60. The leader has about $160.00. On Saturday they will get 15 more races to bet. Ill .keep you posted. For more info go to http://www.ntra.com/home
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Update

Mike has made 11 of his 15 bets for the day and has been in the money in 4 of them. Another longshot just won. Mike prob in top 100.

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About an hour ago Mike had made 6 of his 15 bets. He ran 2nd on 2 of them and 3rd on 2. 25 of the contestants had the horse that paid $42 to win and $22 to show. Unfortunately, Mike wasn't one of them...

So far Mike has made 3 of his 15 bets for today. He ran second on two and third on one.

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Leader board coming soon

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First mandatory race at Gulfstream. Mike had the 8 and it ran third. The winner went off at 30-1. Internet is not working in the ballroom so I will try to update by mobile.

In about 15 minutes the competition begins.

On January 27-28, 2012 Mike Sylvester of North Little Rock, Arkansas will be competing in the NTRA National Handicapping Championship. This contest is the culmination of a year-long series of NTRA-sanctioned local tournaments held at horse racing events and handicapping websites. The top qualifiers from each tournament are sent to the national finals. The 2012 NHC has an estimated purse of $2 million.




The contest will begin on Friday January 27, at 9:00am Las Vegas time.  It concludes on Saturday at 8:00pm with the awards banquet and presentation of the checks. More than 4,500 people signed up for the 2011 NHC Tour and participated in these local tournaments..  Only 482 will be competing for the $1,600,000 in prize money and only 2 from Arkansas made it to the championship tournament.




 Players attempt to earn the highest possible bankroll based on 15 mythical $2 win-and-place wagers on each day of the two-day tournament. Eight of those wagers will be on mandatory races selected previously. The remaining seven races each day are optional plays to be made on races at one of seven designated NHC tournament tracks: Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Golden Gate Fields, Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park, Santa Anita Park and Tampa Bay Downs.  




I'll be updating this site with information, pictures, Mike's picks and status during the tournament. 
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Preparing for the tournament

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