Twinspires.com to host Handicapping Championship

by Brisnet.com

TwinSpires.com, the official advance-deposit wagering service for Churchill

Downs Inc., will hold the TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship on

Saturday. The $1,000 buy-in championship will offer a guaranteed $100,000

first-place prize and a guaranteed 50 seats to the DRF/NTRA National

Handicapping Championship or Coast Casinos Horseplayer World Series, making it

the richest guaranteed online tournament prize pool ever offered in racing.

Players can buy directly into the Championship for $1,000, and there are

still a few opportunities for players to win their way in through a series of

"last chance" satellite tournaments. These tournaments, which will be held

Wednesday through Friday, carry a $100 buy-in and offer the top 10 percent of

the field a seat in the $1,000 Championship.

"Guaranteeing a $100,000 first place prize and 50 seats to Las Vegas for a

single-day online handicapping tournament is unprecedented, and the demand to

qualify for this event has been very strong," said Jeremy Clemons,

TwinSpires.com vice president of marketing. "We look forward to crowning our

first online handicapping champion and awarding the $100,000 top prize."

The TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship will be conducted through

TwinSpires.com and participants may register at

www.twinspires.com. The series will also

offer members of the Daily Racing Form's National Handicapping

Championship Tour an opportunity to earn maximum tour points.

The TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship will be structured in the

traditional win/place format with 15 mandatory races for all contestants.

TwinSpires.com Director of Marketing Lucky Kalanges will serve as tournament

director. Additionally, Brisnet will offer special handicapping information on

the races selected for the tournament to all horseplayers entered in the

competition.

Players have had the opportunity to qualify for the Championship all year

long by competing in TwinSpires.com's Online Handicapping Series. The series

allowed players to compete in lower buy-in tournaments where they could also

parlay their way into the Championship for as little as a $10 entry fee. More

information about the TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Series and Saturday's

Online Handicapping Championship can be found at

www.twinspires.com.