2024 NHC Championship

[denniswilliams]

Originally Posted by CheckMark

I wasn't trying to come off as creepy. Was just saying that it's cool to see young people in the game, especially at a young age. Wasn't actually going to "contact" her ok.

And what fan club? I didn't realize I had one?

Trust me I have a life. I'm at college my friend trying to advance my studies into Broadcasting

Yeah. Two possibilities:


1) you request her contact info from the HNC: they refuse; or they check with her and she refuses or accepts.


2) you find her online and reach out: she accepts or refuses.


I always thought the reason for being online is to BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE - ESPECIALLY THOSE SHARING YOUR INTERESTS.

Your instincts are correct.

Ignore the nonsense.

[DanBoals]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

Yeah. Two possibilities:


1) you request her contact info from the HNC: they refuse; or they check with her and she refuses or accepts.


2) you find her online and reach out: she accepts or refuses.


I always thought the reason for being online is to BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE - ESPECIALLY THOSE SHARING YOUR INTERESTS.

Your instincts are correct.

Ignore the nonsense.

Instead of requesting her info, why not send NHC your info with a brief note on what you want to discuss with her and ask them to pass it on and then if she is interested she has the option to contact or not...

[Saratoga]

Boy , did this kid make an ass of himself !!!

[PalaceOfFortLarned]

Originally Posted by andicap

How did these people qualify? Through satellite tournaments?

First and foremost, you have to be a member of NTRA (National Thoroughbred Racing Association). It is an annual membership of $50/yr.

https://www.ntra.com/

They host numerous on-line contests throughout the year via Horseplayers.com which is their main qualifying site which have contests for direct entries.

Horseplayers is also associated with Horsetourneys.com. An on-line contest wagering site that has contests on tracks every single day of the year ranging in just about any $ amount you would want to play. They have a number of types such as Pick & Pray (make all selections before any race starts) or play as you go which is what they call a Live tournament. They will also have small $ qualifiers (like $17) into the Horsetourneys NHC contests. They even have head-to-head contests that you can play against someone hundreds of miles away.


For instance, tomorrow there is a $179 qualifier for the BCBC (Breeders Cup Betting Challenge). 1 for every 65 entries earns a seat, and there will be hundreds in the contest. Obviously you have to make some solid selections to earn a seat.

Then on Sunday, there is a $500 qualifier for the same tournament. Obviously this kind of money whittles the field down, and it becomes 'easier', but it also offers fewer qualifying seats. This type of qualifier is 1 seat per every 23 entries.

I believe they still have some live on site qualifiers as well throughout the year. They used to a have a ton more years ago, but I believe they are fairly limited now, if they even still exist?

[CheckMark]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

Yeah. Two possibilities:


1) you request her contact info from the HNC: they refuse; or they check with her and she refuses or accepts.


2) you find her online and reach out: she accepts or refuses.


I always thought the reason for being online is to BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE - ESPECIALLY THOSE SHARING YOUR INTERESTS.

Your instincts are correct.

Ignore the nonsense.

Ok, I will try that. Thank you, Dennis! The whole point of my post wasn't to be creepy or be a perv or whatever. I am just saying that working with a like-minded individual (like myself) who is my age and possibly working together to get more younger people into the industry, I think it will work.

Others think I was trying to get her number to ask her out or stalk her. I'm sorry, but that's not true.

Originally Posted by DanBoals

Instead of requesting her info, why not send NHC your info with a brief note on what you want to discuss with her and ask them to pass it on and then if she is interested she has the option to contact or not...

Ok, I will try that also, Dan! Thank you!

[CheckMark]

Originally Posted by Saratoga

Boy , did this kid make an ass of himself !!!

You can't get enough of me, can you?

I made a "bad" comment, I'll admit to that, and then I corrected it to affirm that I wasn't being creepy about it.

Sounds fair don't you think?

[denniswilliams]

Originally Posted by DanBoals

Instead of requesting her info, why not send NHC your info with a brief note on what you want to discuss with her and ask them to pass it on and then if she is interested she has the option to contact or not...

ANAL RETENTIVE is alive and well in the new century.

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by CheckMark

You can't get enough of me, can you?

I made a "bad" comment, I'll admit to that, and then I corrected it to affirm that I wasn't being creepy about it.

Sounds fair don't you think?

You have to remember here on the internet , everything you say....

Is going to be scrutinized

[Poindexter]

Originally Posted by CheckMark

You can't get enough of me, can you?

I made a "bad" comment, I'll admit to that, and then I corrected it to affirm that I wasn't being creepy about it.

Sounds fair don't you think?

Fwiw I did not see anything bad about your comment. I saw a young man passionate about the sport was excited that someone as young was in the Nhc.
Of course I am not detective Castaway Columbo.

Have no idea what Saratoga is rambling about. Obviously he is not too happy that you are selling picks.

Bottom line, you be the best person you can be and don’t waste your energy with negative posters or people They can only bring you down. You cannot please everyone, so do not waste your energy trying.

[castaway01]

Originally Posted by Poindexter

Fwiw I did not see anything bad about your comment. I saw a young man passionate about the sport was excited that someone as young was in the Nhc.
Of course I am not detective Castaway Columbo.

Have no idea what Saratoga is rambling about. Obviously he is not too happy that you are selling picks.

Bottom line, you be the best person you can be and don’t waste your energy with negative posters or people They can only bring you down. You cannot please everyone, so do not waste your energy trying.

Is there a reason you keep calling me out in your comments but don't have the balls to ever address me directly? Actually have a set if you're going to call me out you stupid parrot.

It didn't take "detective work" or whatever cuck thing you were mentioning for me to make my reply. If you want to take Conley's balls out of your mouth for a second and listen, he was talking about stalking a young woman because he saw her online. That's not cool or right in 2024, or 1994, or whatever year you live in. If you had a daughter or had left the house in the past decade you'd know that.

[castaway01]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

Yeah. Two possibilities:


1) you request her contact info from the HNC: they refuse; or they check with her and she refuses or accepts.


2) you find her online and reach out: she accepts or refuses.


I always thought the reason for being online is to BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE - ESPECIALLY THOSE SHARING YOUR INTERESTS.

Your instincts are correct.

Ignore the nonsense.

Yeah, it's nonsense to stalk a random person you don't know because you saw her name online. It's 2024, not 1994. Announcing you're going to stalk someone online isn't wise. It has nothing to do with anal retentive. If you had a daughter you'd get it.

[DanBoals]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

ANAL RETENTIVE is alive and well in the new century.

Are mommy and daddy proud of your big boy poo poo?


You go Dennis.

[PalaceOfFortLarned]

Likely time to let some cooler heads prevail here.

And we wonder why horse racing can't draw younger people to the racetrack and wager on horses when this is the reception they receive from the old guard?

Good grief fellas. CheckMark is an excited young man to the game willing and ready to learn and posting passionately. 60 years the younger of some on here.

Keep on keeping on CheckMark. Most of us enjoy the passion and new blood into the game.

[PaceAdvantage]

The most hilarious thing about this thread is that post #2 got completely ignored for some reason

[Poindexter]

Originally Posted by castaway01

Is there a reason you keep calling me out in your comments but don't have the balls to ever address me directly? Actually have a set if you're going to call me out you stupid parrot.

It didn't take "detective work" or whatever cuck thing you were mentioning for me to make my reply. If you want to take Conley's balls out of your mouth for a second and listen, he was talking about stalking a young woman because he saw her online. That's not cool or right in 2024, or 1994, or whatever year you live in. If you had a daughter or had left the house in the past decade you'd know that.

I chose not to get involved because that is typically what I do in most situations. I didn’t agree with your post when you made it, but I assumed anybody with a brain would see the idiocy of it. Seriously. One of a dozen posters in this forum that actually uses his real name is going to stalk a young woman because she is in the nhc. Ok. You have taken his post completely out of context imo. Contacting someone in the nhc that has a similar interest, is not exactly stalking. Especially when the motive is to promote the sport to young people.

By the way I just googled linkedin. 1 billion users. How many stalkers are among those 1 billion users?