Berkeley, Calif. (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)-Golden Gate Fields, 1/ST and Xpressbet are excited to present the inaugural Gold Rush Challenge Handicapping Contest on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Gold Rush Challenge, a live money tournament featuring all races at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday, April 29, offers multiple top finishers a free seat at the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) on March 15-17, 2024. With the NHC berth, hotel accommodations and airfare will also be provided. The Golden Gate Saturday, April 29 card is the first of two days of Gold Rush Weekend, the biggest racing weekend every year in Northern California. Six stakes highlight the April 29 card, including the $250,000 Grade 3 San Francisco Mile and $100,000 California Derby. Gold Rush Challenge participants can play the tournament through three different locations: on track at Golden Gate Fields, on site at Santa Anita, or digitally via the player’s Xpressbet account. Players who participate at Golden Gate are eligible to receive on-track bonuses for excellent play. The top finishing player on site at Golden Gate will receive a $2,500 bonus while the second highest finishing player on site at Golden Gate will receive a $1,000 bonus. Those who wish to play the Gold Rush Challenge at Golden Gate or Santa Anita can register with the link: https://cloud.experience.santaanita.com/tournament#_ga=2.27275135.212642539.1682378617-1262996117.1682378617 Those who wish to participate via Xpressbet must have an Xpressbet account with a minimum account balance of $1,000. Online registration for players using Xpressbet begins on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at approximately 12:00PM ET. Players can sign up using the instructions at www.xpressbet.com. The buy-in to play the Gold Rush Challenge is $1,000 per entry, with a maximum of two (2) entries per person. $250 of the buy-in money will be designated to the prize pool while the remaining $750 will be used for the player’s bankroll. 100% of the entry fees will be paid out as prizes. *The final prize pool will be announced on Saturday, April 29, 2023, after registration closes. The final prize pool distribution and number of qualifying spots for the 2024 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) will be based upon the total number of entries in the contest. For more information and official rules of the Gold Rush Challenge Handicapping Contest, visit the following link: https://www.xpressbet.com/images/pdf/1000_Gold_Rush_Challenge_Official_Rules_-_2023___V3.pdf. Additionally, four feeder tournaments that will feed into the Gold Rush Challenge Handicapping Contest have been added to the nationwide contest schedule this week. For the schedule and more information, visit the following link: https://www.xpressbet.com/ggf-60-feeder-tournament-4-25-23.*Contest officials of Golden Gate Fields, 1/ST, and Xpressbet reserve the right to adjust the final prize pool after registration closes (100% of entry fees will be paid out as prizes).