“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
On the handicapping tournament scene where longshots make the world go around, it was a mid-range player who played sensible horses and chalk that ruled the day to win the 25th annual NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) on March 15-17 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. The tournament offered purse money of $3,013,550.