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Clay Sanders Finishers 1st and 7th in $800 Monmouth/Saratoga Contest
August 28, 2025

Monmouth Park’s $800 Handicapping Challenge on Saturday, August 23 saw Clay Sanders atop the leaderboard.
Sanders’ $7,773.75 bankroll was best of 244 total entries. As a result of finishing seventh with his second entry, Sanders exited Saturday’s contest with a prize haul made up of a Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge seat, a National Horseplayers Championship seat and $16,544.
In total, Saturday’s contest awarded four BCBC seats, three seats to the NHC and $40,476 cash.
Contest players could participate on-site at Monmouth or online using TVG/4NJBETS, Xpressbet and HPI. All players needed to wager a minimum of $80 on five Monmouth Park races. All Monmouth and Saratoga races were available for optional plays. Available wagering pools were win, place, show, exacta and daily double.
For information on future Monmouth Park contests, please contact Skirka at bskirka@monmouthpark.com.
$800 Handicapping Challenge Results & Prizes
Name | Bankroll | Prize(s) |
Clay Sanders | $7,773.75 | $15,792+BCBC |
Ryan Petrunyak | $6,930 | $8,272+BCBC |
Bill Shurman | $4,970.10 | $5,640+BCBC |
Marshall Gramm | $4,898.20 | $2,632+BCBC |
Chris Weikel | $4,165 | $1,504+NHC |
Joe Perry | $4,052.40 | $940+NHC |
Clay Sanders | $3,801.15 | $752+NHC |
Robert Gianquitti | $3,130 | $3,252 |
Mitch Schuman | $2,923.20 | $752 |
Lou Filoso | $2,736 | $940 |