The 2025 Road to Champions Day is scheduled every Thoroughbred racing day at Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing & Casino from Tuesday, April 29 – Saturday, 25, featuring 100 racing programs. Promotion dates are as follows:
April 29, 30, 2025 (2 programs)
May 3, 5,6,7,8,12,13,14,15,19,20,21,22,26,27,28,29, 2025 (17 programs)
June 3,4,5,7,10,11,12,14,16,17,18,19,23,24,25,26, 2025 (16 programs)
July 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,17,28,29,30,31, 2025 (17 programs)
August 4,5,6,7,12,13,14,16,18,19,20,21,25,26,27,28, 2025 (16 programs)
September 2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11,15,16,17,18,22,23,24,25,29,30, 2025 (18 programs)
October 1,2,6,7,8,9,13,14,15,16,21,22,23,24, 2025 (14 programs)
The 2025 Road to Champions Day promotion is open to all 123Gaming registered customers in good standing and facilitated through the contest website: https://roadtochampionsday.com/. This website is monitored and operated by 123 Gaming. All participants must be 21 years of age or older to participate.
Registration is required through the 123Gaming portal and is available through the contest website at https://roadtochampionsday.com/. The Road to Champions Day contest is free to all players who successfully complete registration with 123Gaming.
Registration requires completing the mandatory fields on the electronic sign up
The contest will begin April 29 on three select races per racing program for 100 straight days of Thoroughbred action ending Saturday, 25. If a program during the 100 days of the contest is canceled or any of the select races are declared canceled, that day’s contest or canceled races, whichever occurs, will not be included in scoring and will not be substituted with an additional racing program or race.
Three contest races will be displayed and provided for each contest Those select contest races will be the only ones available for the Road to Champions Day contest.
During each day of the promotion, contestants will select one horse in each designated contest races for a chance to win monthly prizes based off the outcome of the designated track’s
Points for each of the 100 days of the contest are cumulative in a “virtual bankroll” toward the final. Monthly prizes will be awarded at the end of May, June, July, August, September, and October. Grand Prizes will be awarded for the official top six players overall in the contest.
How to play: A contestant will select one horse in each designated race. A selection will be considered a winner in the Win-Place-Show format, meaning if the horse finishes first, second or third, points will be awarded into the “virtual bankroll.” Winning selections will be assigned point values based on the posted pari-mutuel payoffs on a $2 win, $2 place and $2 show basis. (i.e. A correct selection on a horse that wins and pays $5.00 to win, $4.00 to place and $3.00 to show would receive $12 points total.) Points will be totaled to determine the winners of each monthly prize and the overall Grand Prizes for the contest.
Standings will be updated daily on the 123Gaming portal for the contest at https://roadtochampionsday.com/. under the “Leaderboard” tab.
Total prize money for Road to Champions Day is $10,000, including monthly and grand prize
A total of $500 will be awarded for monthly prizes for May – October to the player with the highest cumulative earnings for that monthly time span.
A total of $7,000 in Grand Prizes for the top 6 overall players ranked by official points will be distributed at the conclusion of the contest as follows:
1st place – $3,000
2nd Place - $2,000
3rd Place - $1,000
4th Place - $500
5th Place - $300
6th Place - $200
The top 2 overall players who are NHC Tour members will also receive an NHC seat to the 2026 NHC Finals, set for March 13 – 15, 2026 at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Please note that a winning contestant must be an NHC Tour member by Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in order to win a seat for the 2026 NHC in this If a winning contestant is not an NHC Tour member by that time, the seat will move to the next highest ranking contestant who is an NHC Tour member. Membership is available by going to: www.ntra.com/nhc/membership
NTRA reserves all rights to determine if a player meets all eligibility requirements per their bylaws before the two NHC seats are allotted.
NHC Tour points will be allotted by NTRA for this contest, per NTRA rules and
If a player is already double qualified for the 2026 NHC Finals, then the NHC seat will go to the next highest ranking player in the final standings of the contest.
All entries into Road to Champions Day must be submitted through the online contest portal at https://roadtochampionsday.com/. All players must register through the contest website prior to playing in the contest.
Only one entry per day will be accepted from any individual email address and account through 123Gaming. Multiple entries submitted from the same email address will not be accepted or
Horseshoe Indianapolis and/or 123Gaming reserves the right to disqualify an individual player for any reason who does not comply with all rules and regulations set up by 123Gaming.
All entry forms and prizes are non-transferrable for the Road to Champions Day
Any 2025 Road to Champions Day selections that scratch after an entry is submitted will default to the favorite and receive points based on how the favorite finished in the race. No changes to selections will be allowed after the start of the first race of the contest each racing program.
A link to Equibase scratches and changes is available on the home page of the contest Players are encouraged to check scratches and changes before submitting entries.
A link to Equibase entries is also available on the contest website Entries are available from Horseshoe Indianapolis at least three days prior to the racing program.
Contestants may only turn in one entry for each promotion date. Multiple entries from the same contestants may void all the contestant’s entries for that Horseshoe Indianapolis and 123Gaming reserves the right to void multiple entries from the same person on the same day.
Past performances will not be available for the It is the responsibility of each player to look at their own form of entries and changes for a particular racing program.
A contestant is eligible to win a monthly prize on multiple
Participation is non-transferrable and requires the contestant be available to claim his/her prize through the contest website roadtochampionsday.com.
If a contestant has been trespassed from any Caesars Entertainment property for any reason, he/she will forfeit their prize.
All prize money will be distributed through gift cards from Horseshoe Indianapolis. Upon completion of monthly contests and the overall contest, Horseshoe Indianapolis will contact players to get mailing addresses to distribute contest prizes.
General Rules and Procedures
Contestants must be 21 years of age or For any prize distribution, an age verification may be required before any winnings are paid out.
Contest rules are available on the contest website at: https://roadtochampionsday.com/. Printed rules are also available at the contest counter on the first floor of the OTB located at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
There is a cap for win, place and show All win payouts will be capped at $60; all place payouts will be capped at $30; all show payouts will be capped at $15.
Contestants may continue to register for Road to Champions Day after the initial day of the contest Tuesday, April 29 up to and including Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025.
Road to Champions Day scoring is based on pari-mutuel information supplied by official Equibase Charts for Horseshoe Indianapolis.
In the event of a tie for the monthly contest, the player showing the most winners for the select month will receive the prize. If players involved in the tie cannot be separated by winners, then a drawing will be held for the monthly $500 prize.
In the event of a tie for any of the Grand Prizes, the players involved will be separated by the most winners accumulated during the contest. If the players cannot be separated by total number of winners, the prize money will be combined and the prize money will be split (i.e. there is a tie for second place between two players. The grand prize money of $2,000 for second and $1,000 for third will be combined and each player will receive $1,500.)
Ties in the grand prize distributions will be granted up to five individuals, who cannot be separated by overall winners. For six or more players, a drawing will be held for prize money. (i.e. Six players tie for fifth A drawing will be held for the $300 prize money for fifth place and a second drawing will be conducted for sixth place prize money of $200 from the same affected players.
Registration for the daily contest of Road to Champions Day will close at the start of the racing program. See daily entries for the specific time of the first race of the contest program.
Caesars Entertainment employees, its parent, its affiliates and subsidiaries and immediate family members are not eligible to participate.
Any individual residing in jurisdictions where participation in Road to Champions Day is prohibited by law, and any individual prohibited by law from participating in Road to Champions Day, is ineligible to participate.
Any applicable federal and state taxes are the sole responsibility of the
Horseshoe Indianapolis may disqualify any person for any prize based on fraud, dishonesty, and violation of promotion rules or other misconduct.
Horseshoe Indianapolis and/or 123Gaming reserves the right to modify or cancel this contest at any time, for any reason, subject to all applicable regulations.
The interpretation of rules and eligibility is at the sole discretion of the Horseshoe Indianapolis General Manager of Racing.
Participants must agree to abide by Road to Champions Day official rules, be at least 21 years of age or older at time of the original registration (by Tues. April 29) and possess a valid email address and telephone number for contact purposes.
Only one entry per person. Individuals who submit more than one email registration will be disqualified and will not be eligible to win All contestants are responsible for making their own selections for Road to Champions Day.
Registration is limited to three (3) entries per household, network, or Internet address (IP Address). Players will be warned if a fourth entry is detected from the same household/network. Road to Champions Administrators reserve the right to remove any, and all, players from the game that exceeds the household and/or network registration limit, from that particular IP
By entering Road to Champions Day, the entrant agrees to abide by the decisions of Horseshoe Indianapolis and its corporate partners and release and hold harmless Horseshoe Indianapolis, its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, trustees, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with any prize(s) won.
Information submitted in the registration for Road to Champions Day may be retained by Horseshoe Indianapolis, shared with its corporate partners, and used for marketing, research, or other purposes.
For any technical issues or challenges in logging in to the site to play Road to Champions Day, please contact the administrator at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This address is easily found at the bottom of the homepage for Road to Champions Day.
All decisions in the administration of Road to Champions Day are final and
Road to Champions Day is void where prohibited by law and is governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of Indiana. Horseshoe Indianapolis reserves the right at any time to cancel or suspend Road to Champions Day without individual notice to participants or prospective participants by posting such notice on its website and shall bear no obligation or liability to award any prizes in the event of a cancellation or suspension.
It is the responsibility of the entrant to notify Road to Champions Day via email to the administrator (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) of any changes in his or her email
Prize winners may be required to complete, sign, and return an affidavit of eligibility along with a W9 IRS-Form. Acceptance of any prize award as a result of a contestant’s participation in Road to Champions Day will grant permission to Horseshoe Indianapolis to use their name, likeness, photograph of that contestant for publicity purposes without additional compensation warranted to that contestant. All applicable taxes regarding prize awards are the individual responsibility of the winning contestant.
Any individual who tampers or attempts to corrupt the entry process or the operation of Road to Champions Day, or Website, or acts in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participant will be immediately disqualified. Any attempt to defraud Road to Champions Day administrations or contestants will result in All decisions in the administration of Road to Champions Day are final and binding.
Horseshoe Indianapolis is not responsible for lost, interrupted, unavailable, defective, or damaged hardware, software, and electronic, wireless, or telephone transmissions or technical failures, garbled transmissions, and the unavailability of its website or any website associated with Road to Champions Day.
Horseshoe Indianapolis is not responsible for defects, repairs, or warranty issues regarding any
Horseshoe Indianapolis and Road to Champions Day administrators will make every effort to notify contestants of any changes regarding Road to Champions Day or of any technical failures and updates.
No purchase or payment is required to enter or to play in Road to Champions
A list of prize winners will be made available to any participant upon
