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Updated January 7, 2004

MONDAY -- No contests at this time.


TUESDAY -- No contests at this time.


WEDNESDAY

Station Casinos (Palace, Boulder, Sunset, Texas, Santa Fe, Green Valley, Fiesta
Rancho):
Southern California Handicapper’s Challenge ($10 entry, maximum five per
person); $3,000 to highest combined mutuels, $1,000 for second, $500 for third,
$300 for fourth; $200 for fifth; all entry fees go into “in the money” progressive
that carries over to the next week if not hit.

Texas Station: Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry); all entries paid back to
winners on 60-30-10 pay schedule; $100 prize to person leading after fifth race
(must be present to win); progressive, starting at $200 and increases by $50 each
day it's not hit, for scoring that day's designated point total, which starts at
135 and decreases by one each day it's not hit.

Excalibur and Edgewater (Laughlin): Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry,
maximum three per person); $2,000 in cash prizes; Twin Q progressive starting at
$1,000; plus drawings after every race ($100 cash after first, fifth and eighth
race; food comps after other races).

Poker Palace: Head-to-head matchup contest (free); $500 aggregate to winner(s);
entrants pick five matches a day; contest runs Wednesday through Friday.


THURSDAY

Monte Carlo: Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry, maximum three per person);
$2,000 in cash prizes; Twin Q progressive starting at $1,000; plus drawings after
every race ($100 cash after first, fifth and eighth race; food comps after other
races).

Fiesta Rancho: Big 5 Pony Express ($10 entry, maximum five per person); five races
from coast to coast to be determined by race book management; winner receives 25
of entry fees plus $250 and a $20 food comp; second prize is 15 percent of total
entries plus $100 and a $10 food comp; third prize is 10 percent of entries plus
$50; 50 percent of entries goes into progressive jackpot for going 5-for-5.

Texas Station: Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry); rules same as Wednesday.

Poker Palace: Head-to-head matchup contest (free); rules same as Wednesday.


FRIDAY

Sunset Station: Win & “in the money” contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry);
$1,000 to highest combined mutuels, $300 for second, $200 for third; entry fees go
into “in the money” progressive.

Circus Circus (Las Vegas and Reno): Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry,
maximum three per person); $2,000 in cash prizes; Twin Q progressive starting at
$1,000; plus drawings after every race ($100 cash after first, fifth and eighth
race; food comps after other races).

Las Vegas Hilton: Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry); $700 for first place
plus 50 percent of entry fees, $200 for second plus 30 percent of entry fees, $100
for third plus 20 percent of entry fees.

Texas Station: Contest on Santa Anita card ($10 entry); rules same as Wednesday.

Poker Palace: Head-to-head matchup contest (free); rules same as Wednesday.


SATURDAY

Imperial Palace: Super Saturday contest on selected races at Aqueduct and Santa
Anita ($10 entry); $800 for first place, $400 for second, $200 for third, and a
$200 sprint bonus for the leader after the third race; there’s also a bonus pool
that starts at $2,000 for exceeding the target score to be posted in the race book
(starts at 160 points); plus $100 drawing after each contest race.

Poker Palace: Head-to-head matchup contest (free); $500 aggregate to winner(s);
entrants pick five matches a day; contest runs Saturday and Sunday.


SUNDAY

Poker Palace: Head-to-head matchup contest (free); rules same as Saturday.


2004 NEVADA HORSE HANDICAPPING CONTESTS (Tentative dates - check back for updates)
Dates
Contest 
Host Hotel
Entry fee
Jan. 21-22 Coast to Coast Shootout Suncoast/Barbary Coast $300 + $800 live only
Jan. 23-24 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Bally’s Qualifiers only
Feb. 7-8 Winter Challenge II Reno Hilton $200+$600 live
March 25-27 Championship at The Orleans The Orleans $500
April 16-17 Bally’s Moolah Bally’s Las Vegas $5,000
April 21-23 Harrah’s Reno Horse Handicapping Tournament Harrah’s Reno $500
April 28-30 Pick the Ponies XXIV Las Vegas Hilton $500
June 19-20 Summer Showdown IV Reno Hilton $200 + $600 live
July 15-17 Gold Coast Summer Classic Gold Coast $400
Aug. 6-7 Summer Stakes V Bally’s Las Vegas $1,000
Sept. 11-12 September Shootout II Reno Hilton $500
Oct. 14-16 Fall Classic at The Orleans The Orleans $500
Oct. 27-29 Pick the Ponies XXV Las Vegas Hilton $500
 

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