Chung Overtakes Kinchen Late To Capture Keeneland's Fall BCBC/NHC Challenge

On Oct. 16-17, Keeneland held two popular handicapping contest that attracted widespread participation.

In the Fall BCBC/NHC Challenge on Oct. 16, Don Chung of Moonlake, New York, nailed a $500 exacta in Keeneland’s 10^th race to build his bankroll to $14,400 and take first place. With the move, Chung surpassed Jonathon Kinchen of Austin, Texas, who played the last race conservatively after hitting a $1,500 double in the ninth race and finished second with a bankroll of $13,503.

Blaise Brucato of Highland Heights, Ohio, and John Kostin of Hamilton, New Jersey, each parlayed a $450 exacta in the last race to finish tied for third with a total of $12,870.

This annual contest with a $3,500 buy-in drew 222 players from across the country, with 112 entries at Keeneland and 110 entries played through XpressBet, TVG, 4NJBets and NYRA Bets. The competition required players to wager a live bankroll of $2,500 with minimum of $400 on each of five Keeneland races and to wager a total of at least $2,500.

Prizes included seven berths in the upcoming Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge at Del Mar in a few weeks, 11 spots in the National Handicapping Championship and more than $100,000 in prize money. (Click here for full results.)

On Oct. 17, Keeneland’s Fall $400 Challenge buy-in tournament had 152 entries and yielded one BCBC winner and three players advancing to the NHC. Doug Bredar of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, won the BCBC with an impressive $6,945 bankroll from an initial $250. Ed Deicke of Plainview, New York, finished second with $4,944; he already was double qualified for the NHC.

NHC seats went to third- through fifth-place finishers Bill Shurman of Danville, California; Blaise Brucato, with his second berth of the weekend, and Patrick Cronin of Bedford Hills, New York. (Click here for full results.)

Click here to learn more about wagering during Keeneland’s Fall Meet.