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DerbyWars™ to Host Five NHC Qualifiers in August

  DerbyWars announced today that qualifying tournaments for the Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) are returning to the digital handicapping contest platform. NHC qualifiers on DerbyWars will be held every Saturday in August and will mark the first … Continue reading

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2013 Kentucky Derby prep races pay off for DerbyWars players

Players are winning thousands of dollars playing horse racing contests daily at DerbyWars.   Kevin De Vincenzi won our $10,000 SPIRAL STAKES GAME on March 23 with a score of $99. Known online as “Kevind”, he attributes his success to handicapping … Continue reading

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JT Wins $10k Horse Racing Tournament

  JT from Central Texas unleashed a furious rally to capture the March 9 $10,000 horse racing contest by picking jockey Edwin Maldonado’s Birdlover ($34) in the final race of the contest. Combined with his other picks, Birdlover gave him … Continue reading

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Dougefresh wins $20k horse racing contest

  The $20K Game on Saturday March 2 started with a bang as Mike Smith guided Sweet Factory to victory from an inside post at Santa Anita. 11 of the 130 participants vying for the $10,000 top prize tabbed the … Continue reading

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Spotlight: Handicapping contest winners

  In horse racing, blanket finish is a term used to describe a race that is so close you could throw a blanket over the field. Well, the $20k Game won on February 2 by Joe Rotell was anything but … Continue reading

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2012 NHC winner Michael Beychok among recent big DerbyWars winners

  Horse players love playing horse racing contests atDerbyWars and are winning big prize money on a daily basis. Take a look at some of our most recent big winners. The next one might be you! Michael Beychok ($20k Game … Continue reading

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Handicapping The Competition

By Eric Moomey (moomeyer on DerbyWars) A few weeks back, I was at a Keeneland tournament awaiting for the winners to be announced and wondering why I wasn’t on top the leaderboard. For my first of 15 races I hit a … Continue reading

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Three Secrets To Winning Handicapping Contests

This guest post is by Lenny Moon of Equinometry. Pattern recognition is an important ability to have if you want to be successful as a horseplayer. Just as history has a way of repeating itself so to do results in horse … Continue reading

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All About Points

As you play along on Derby Wars, you will notice that we like to give you points for doing things around the site, like making friends or entering tournaments.                       … Continue reading

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$50,000 Derby Day Shootout + $5,000 Oaks/Derby Survivor!

Are you ready for Derby Day on Derby Wars? We’ve got 2 big games to celebrate the greatest 2 minutes in sports! The biggest day in racing is the perfect day to win the biggest prize in Derby Wars history! … Continue reading

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