“Night
School”—the racing industry’s first national, interactive
online fan education forum—will offer its fourth of 40 weekly sessions on
Monday, March 14. Presenting title sponsors of the program are the National
Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily
Racing Form (DRF), the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and
Keeneland.
Co-hosted by
Horseplayernow.com owners Jeremy Plonk and Joe Kristufek, the weekly Night
School lessons are offered free to any racing fan who wants to learn more about
the game and will include both novice and advance-level fan education. The
40-week season runs through December 19 with 90-minute sessions taking place
from 8:30-10:00 p.m. (ET) each week. Other regular panelists will include Horse
Player NOW's Caton Bredar and Churchill Downs analyst Jill Byrne. Topical
experts will be brought in weekly to share their expertise.
This week's Night
School session will explore how to
dissect a completed race and take the kind of high-quality trip notes that can
be extremely advantageous the next time the horses compete. Monday’s
session will include guests Joe Kristufek, Beginner's Host Jeremy Plonk, Caton
Bredar, guest video clips and special guest Andy
Serling of the New York Racing Association (NYRA). Serling is
the co-host of the popular “Trips & Traps” segments that appear
regularly at NYRA.com and also on NYRA’s Youtube channel.
The 90-minute program will begin with a 30-minute panelist discussion on trip
handicapping, then follow with a 30-minute question-and-answer session
during which racing fans worldwide can ask the experts about the evening's
subject matter. The final 30 minutes of the program will be the weekly
"Jump Ball" segment where fans can discuss anything in the world
of racing, including reaction to this Saturday's 2011 debut of Uncle Mo.
Accompanying each
session of Night School are relevant study materials, available for download,
that pertain to the weekly topic. This week’s trip handicapping
study materials can be downloaded now at http://www.horseplayernow.com/STUDY031411.pdf
For an advance look at Monday night's video introduction from
Horseplayernow.com analyst Joe Kristufek, visit the Night School Youtube page
at
http://www.youtube.com/user/HorsePlayerNow?feature=mhum#p/u/7/q92zOOCUg8s
Each of the lessons
over the 40 weeks will be archived, creating an educational library via the
popular Cover It Live live-blogging technology used by many of the
world’s leading news agencies.
Participating
NTRA-member Web sites include:
AQHARacing.com
Calracing.com
Canterburypark.com
Delmarscene.com
DMTC.com (Del
Mar)
DRF.com (Daily Racing Form)
Emeralddowns.com
Hastingspark.com
Hollywoodpark.com
Losalamitos.com
Lonestarpark.com
Monmouthpark.com
Mtrracetrack.com (Mountaineer Park)
NTRA.com
NYRA.com
Presqueisledowns.com
Remingtonpark.com
Santaanita.com
Sunland-Park.com
Turfway.com
Woodbineentertainment.com
Other Web sites
participating in Night School include:
ag.arizona.edu/rtip
(University of Arizona)
Arlingtonpark.com
Calderracecourse.com
Churchilldowns.com
Fairgroundsracecourse.com
Gulfstreampark.com
Hawthorneracecourse.com
HorseplayerNOW.com
HRTV.com
XpressBet.com