A. Handicapping Contest is open to all TGC members & Quindecim Stable partners and their spouses/guests. Entry fee is $100 per person. Each and every contestant is allowed to enter multiple times at $100 per person/entry, but there still will be only one contest pool. Bill Hirsch’s entry fee is comped.

B. If there are 30 or fewer entries, tournament entry fees will be awarded: 50% to the Winner, 30% to Second and 20% to Third. If there are 31 or more entries, tournament entry fees will be awarded: 50% to the Winner, 25% to Second, 15% to Third and 10% to fourth. When applicable, all on-track contestants and their guest(s) shall contribute a $5 per person gratuity for the Dining Room Maitre D’ to be collected by Bill Hirsch or a designated person in the group.

C. Bets must be a $5 minimum or higher.

D. Only one (1) Win and/or one (1) Place bet may be made for each race. Example: no multiple win and no multiple place bets in a given race.

E. Any one (1) or some or all designated 8 races may be bet and any amount may be bet within the total $200 allotted. If you wager $200 on the first designated race, you will have reached your limit and, Win or Lose, you cannot wager on the remaining 7 races; you would be finished for the day. If you wager $20 on each of the first 5 designated races (total $100) you would have $100 left to wager on the remaining 3 designated races.

F. All contestants are required to submit their bets using the horse’s official program number as the Betting Sheets indicate. If a contestant submits his bet(s) without the official program number and only the horse’s name, his bets will be denied and that contestant will forfeit his entry fee(s). A contestant’s bet(s) will be accepted if both the horse’s name AND the corresponding official program number is submitted. In such an instance, we will only record the official program number. All contestants are responsible for the correct submission of their bets’ official program numbers.

G. A “Late Scratch”: the Post-Time Favorite will be substituted for a “Late Scratch” contest entry. If a “Late Scratch” occurs in an entry (1 & 1A, etc) and the other half of the entry runs for purse money only (no betting), then the Post-Time Favorite will be substituted for a “Late Scratch” contest entry.

H. In the event that wagering on a designated race is reduced to "win" only (where there is no "place" wagering available), a contestant's "place" wagers will automatically be transferred from "place" into a "win" bet, with the following 2 stipulations: First, if there is no previous "win" bet, then the same wager amount transferred from "place" to "win" will be with the same horse-program-# previously wagered in the "place" position. Second, if there is a previous "win" bet, then the heretofore "place" horse-program-# will assume the established "win" number, whether or not the "place" number is the same or different from the "win" number, and the "place" amount will be added to the "win" amount. Note that the rule previously established re: a "late scratch" and the utilization of the "race-time-favorite" (see Rule "G") will still prevail for this "win" only mutuel situation.

I.Off-Track contestants must have their picks called in/emailed/faxed to Bill Hirsch by the designated time selected for that day. Wagers from paid off-track contestants that are received after the designated time will not be accepted and that contestant(s) will forfeit his entry fees. On-track contestants must submit their Betting Sheets to Bill Hirsch two minutes before Post Time notwithstanding of whether they are betting on that designated race or not.

J. When an on-track contestant hands his Betting Sheet to Bill Hirsch two minutes (as stipulated above) before the designated race, his Bets shall be deemed Final and cannot be rescinded or changed after that race has been run, regardless of any error, mistake or otherwise. Any changes must be made (for on-track contestants) within the “2-minutes before the race” and no claims of “honest mistakes” etc. will be honored, especially after a race has been run. When an off-track contestant sends his Betting Sheet to Bill Hirsch prior to the designated deadline-to-submit Betting Sheets-time, it shall be deemed Final and no changes will be accepted. If an on-track contestant loses or misplaces his or her Betting Sheet, that contestant will be deemed disqualified at that point. Any prior winnings up to that point will stand; however that contestant will be disqualified from further wagers. This procedure is necessary and logical since I (Bill Hirsch or whoever else “runs” these tournaments) maintain a summary of total “mythical bet winnings”, but without details available on a lost /misplaced Bet Sheet, then the amount of available wagering dollars for future races would be unknown and disqualification from further wagers is the only practical course of action. Disclaimer: I, (Bill Hirsch) or whoever else may “run” the handicapping tournament, is NOT responsible for any Bet Sheets handed to me or placed on my table that may become lost or misplaced.

K. Tie- Breaker: After the Handicapping Tourney’s final race, in the case of players with identical total winnings, then 1st Tie-Break will be the highest “WIN” bet total (s) for all races. 2nd Tie-Break will be the highest bet winnings (win and/or place) for any one (1) race. Any further Tie-Break needed will result in an equal split.

L. If racing is cancelled at any point on the day’s card, a full refund for all contestants will be forthcoming in the form of a “Credit” towards the next contest entered.

M. Bill Hirsch may enter this contest. In accordance with the rules, his race wagers must be emailed to contestants by 1:00 pm that day or, if on-track, initialed or announced by another/other contestant (s) two minutes before post time.

N. Should the home(s) of Bill Hirsch or anyone else that is running this handicap tournament be broken into and robbed and the “envelope” containing the handicap tourney entry fee monies be stolen or destroyed, Bill Hirsch or those other individuals running the handicap tourneys shall not be responsible for the stolen monies and the handicap tourney shall be deemed cancelled with no refunds.

NOTE: Bill Hirsch will be the sole and final “arbiter” for conflict resolution.