John Doyle Wins NHC

Photo courtesy the NTRA Facebook page

John Doyle wins the NHC, and the big check, which is really a big check. Congratulations John!

Charlie Davis, a HANA board member, took his shot at the NHC prize this week too (he did great, finishing 33rd). He spoke with John both before and after the competition and found him a great guy. John offered up he was a HANA member and Charlie asked if we might mention that on the blog. He said "sure, and you can tell everyone I use your track ratings spreadsheet all the time too!"

Since we don't have much of a budget, it's nice to get an NHC champ to mention you, even on the blog :)

Charlie was pretty impressed with John's skill . In responding to a comment on a chat board about contests like this being luck, he said:

"I'll tell you what. John was not throwing darts. I spent a lot of time with him this weekend and he did his homework. He watched replays of every horse in the races he was playing, and was able to do things like identify a horse with the chart comment of "tired".  He's an excellent handicapper."

Charlie should have a write up soon here. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. He thought Steve Crist and Alex Waldrop's speeches were terrific and thanked them for being a part of this great weekend. It looks like the purse for next year might be up again, with a long-term vision of growing even more. That is great news for horseplayers, whether you play on the tourney circuit or not.

Congrats again John and if any other members would like to share their experiences at the NHC please do below or via email.