Santa Anita simulcast pregame host Tom Quigley takes the stage in Week 3 of the 20th annual Xpressbet Beat the Host handicapping contest this Saturday. Outplay him for your share of $67,500 in weekly and seasonal prizes. Glenn Gulden bested the competition – and hostess Millie Ball – last Saturday with $219 in mutuel returns over the 10 contest races and earned the $1,000 weekly prize.
Gulden’s $219 total easily was highest so far this season in Beat the Host play. Week 2 runner-up William McMillan ($177 mutuel total) earned an additional $750 in prize money, while Jack Jenkins ($172.50 mutuel total) finished third and added another $250. Ball, like Pete Aiello in Week 1, managed 2 winners in the Host chair. So far, 331 players have qualified for the Beat the Host Championship by winning a weekly head-to-head against the hosts.
Note that last week’s competition races were the final 10 on the Gulfstream Park program following the cancellation of racing at Santa Anita.
Beat the Host encompasses 10 races each contest Saturday, split between the final 5 Gulfstream Park races and first 5 from Santa Anita. Contestants place $5 win bets on the Xpressbet platform for each of the 10 Beat the Host races, earning their parimutuel winnings as well as rising up the leaderboard and potentially topping the experts.
Register here.
Beat the host’s total once to qualify for the March 8 BTH Championship (maximum 2 seats per qualifier). Weekly prizes include $1,000 to the contestant with the highest accumulated dollar total, as well as $750 to second and $250 to third. The BTH Championship will pit all weekly winning players against one another in pursuit of seats in the lucrative Pegasus World Cup Betting Challenge, Xpressbet Santa Anita Derby Challenge and Xpressbet Florida Derby Challenge tournaments.
A sweep the host bonus ($6,500) and season leaderboard champion (Pegasus World Cup Betting Challenge, 1/ST Ultimate Betting Challenge seats) also are in prize play. Through the first week, 120 players remain eligible in the sweep the host bonus chase (144 fell by the wayside during Week 2).
The host lineup for the season:
Jan. 4—Pete Aiello (Gulfstream Park)
Jan. 11--Millie Ball (Santa Anita & XBTV)
Jan. 18-- Tom Quigley (Santa Anita)
Jan. 25--Jeff Siegel (1/ST BET & XBTV)
Feb. 1--Brian Nadeau (Gulfstream Park)
Feb. 8--Frank Mirahmadi (Santa Anita)
Feb. 1--Jeremy Plonk (1/ST BET)
Feb 22--Ron Nicoletti (Gulfstream Park)
Registration is open: sign up today and play Saturday.
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