from DerbyWars.com

DerbyWars has announced it will host a $5,000 harness contest including two World Harness Handicapping Championship seats on Saturday (Jan. 13) with racing from the Meadowlands and Woodbine.

The contest offers a $1,500 first prize, plus two $1,000 seats to the $75,000 World Harness Handicapping Championship presented by DerbyWars at The Meadowlands on April 28. The contest is $230 to enter and the $5,000 prize pool is based on 25 entries.

Players may qualify for as little as $19 every night on DerbyWars.com, or on Saturday night during the early races. A full list of qualifiers for the $5,000 harness contest and the WHHC can be found at www.derbywars.com/tournaments/list/whhc.

The contest is a mythical $2 Win-Place-Show contest, where players will pick one horse in each race over 12 races and earn payouts equivalent to $2 Win-Place-Show payouts at the track, subject to maximum payouts.

DerbyWars hosts WHHC qualifiers every Saturday night and have already qualified 14 players for the 2018 WHHC. The list of players already qualified includes:

•Gary Respecki
•Travis Foelsch
•Stephen Levine
•Mark Kunen
•Russell Slader
•Shirley Kunen
•Derick Giwner
•Carlos Gutierrez
•Stan Koper
•Stephen Pozzuoli
•Gregg Sheehan
•Rocco DiBello
•Vince Sitoski

Players may earn a maximum of two entries in the WHHC contest. More information on the 2018 WHHC can be found at The Meadowlands website.