Monmouth Park held its first-ever $500 Monmouth/Saratoga Hybrid BCBC/NHC Qualifier on Saturday, August 5 and Canadian Andrew Weiss took the top spot with a bankroll of $5,911.79.

Weiss bested a field that included 245 entries. He turned his starting $250 bankroll into the winning total by betting races from Monmouth Park and Saratoga.  Contest players could only bet win, place, show, exacta and double and needed to bet a minimum of $50 in each of five Monmouth Park races.

Players competed in this contest on-site at Monmouth Park as well as online through Xpressbet, TVG/4NJBETS and HPI.

By finishing first, Weiss takes home the first-place cash prize of $16,375.   Weiss also won a seat into the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge.  In total, two BCBC seats and two NHC seats were awarded to the Top 4 finishers – in addition to cash prizes to the Top 5.

In total, the Top 5 finishers from Saturday are: