2009 NHC qualifying contest schedule

[Immanuel Kant]

I have qualified for the NHC before and agree it was a spectacular experience......I was a tour member in 2008....I used to travel to play in tournaments...

I no longer do so. The schedule is unfair to Canadians.There are too many spots to the NHC for which Canadians cannot compete. The playing field is not level.

Just a cursory look at the 2009 schedule puts 36 spots unavailable for Canadian players. If we use the total number of entries from last year that's a little more than a 10% disadvantage. Qualifying is hard enough.

[mes5107]

I noticed that the Autotote Sports Haven contest in New Haven, CT is not listed. It's usually run around this time of year, and I was going to enter. There's no mention of it on their website. Anybody have any news on that?

I also see the Bradley Teletheater tourney, which is run later in the year, is missing too. I can't imagine that Autotote loses money on these tourney days.

[pweizer]

Sadly Autotote is out of the contest business. I am very dissapointed about that as well as it was one of the few contests I could actually drive to.

Paul

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by pweizer

Sadly Autotote is out of the contest business. I am very dissapointed about that as well as it was one of the few contests I could actually drive to.

Paul

Did they also re-schedule the Arlington contest that you qualified in last year?

I was very happy to see a Fair Grounds contest listed as there was none in 2008. It's scheduled for March 21.

NT

[pweizer]

Yes, unfortunately Arlington moved the April contest to the summer when they have live racing.

I am going to try to get to the Fairgrounds. Rumor is that it will be a $500 entry fee and a $3,000 live bankroll on the live FG races only.

It is not easy to get from Boston to new Orleans anymore with the cuts to airline schedules so I am still up in the air.

I booked my flight already and will be at Laurel March 7 for sure.

Paul

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by pweizer

Yes, unfortunately Arlington moved the April contest to the summer when they have live racing.

I am going to try to get to the Fairgrounds. Rumor is that it will be a $500 entry fee and a $3,000 live bankroll on the live FG races only.

It is not easy to get from Boston to new Orleans anymore with the cuts to airline schedules so I am still up in the air.

I booked my flight already and will be at Laurel March 7 for sure.

Paul

$500 entry fee and a $3000 bankroll on teh FG chalk fest? I'm out if that's the style. That's a format that works at Santa Anita and the other California tracks but is ludicrous at FG. They're lucky if they get 25 people in it with those parameters.

NT

[pweizer]

Nick--They will get people for sure. I don't think that will be an issue.

Good luck next week.

Paul