King’s Plate BCBC
Handicappers Tournament

2025 Woodbine’s King’s Plate Contest
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Official Rules

PLAYER’S BANKROLL: The 2025 King’s Plate Contest (the “Contest”) is a “real money” online handicapping challenge. Players will be required to deposit U.S. $1,000, of which U.S. $750 will be the players’ bankroll (the “Bankroll”) for wagering during the Contest. The U.S. $250 balance will be used for the prize pool as set forth in Section 4. At the conclusion of the Contest, any dollar amount remaining in the Bankroll — whether it grows to U.S. $10,000 or falls to U.S. $100 — remains the property of the player.

TO ENTER: This is an online Contest only. Participants need to register for the Contest online when online site(s) are prepared to receive registrations in the near future. Online sites will include Xpressbet for U.S. residents and HPI for Canadian residents.

FORMAT: Contest races will include ALL live races up to the final Contest race from Woodbine on Sunday, August 16, 2025. Contest includes all races on the Woodbine Thoroughbred card on August 16th, 2025. The Contest will end on Saturday, August 16, 2025 with the last race on the card. Wager types permitted are Win, Place, Show, Exacta, Trifecta and Daily Double only. To avoid disqualification (DQ), players must comply with the minimum wagering requirements set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, players may bet more than the minimum requirements at any time during the Contest but are still required to meet the betting minimums set forth herein.

By the end of the Contests races on Saturday, August 16, 2025, a minimum of $150 USD must be wagered per race on a minimum of five (5) races occurring on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Please note: Daily Doubles when wagered within the contest and reach the U.S. $150 minimum amount, will count as a minimum race on the first leg of the double. It will show as a minimum wager made on the leaderboard after the second leg of the wager, when payouts are official. Additionally, if a player fails to wager at least the minimum of U.S. $750 USD over the Contest races in total, the player will be disqualified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to either (1) wager the minimum number of races at U.S. $150 per race (as set forth above) or (2) wager the U.S. $750 total Contest minimum will result in disqualification unless the Contest official determines in his/her sole discretion that outside factors affected the player’s ability to wager the minimum amount.

No simulcast races from other venues may be the subject of wagers within the Contest. There are no caps on payouts. The player with the highest score, (which is calculated by taking the player’s total Bankroll plus any applicable tax withholdings) after the final Contest race on Saturday, August 16, 2025 is the Grand Prize winner. If there is a tie between players, see Section 9 below.

ESTIMATED PRIZES: Of the U.S. $1,000 buy‐in, U.S. $250 will be placed in a separate prize pool and the remaining U.S. $750 will be the player’s beginning Bankroll. The final prize pool will guarantee both two BCBC berths and two NHC berths. A participant can win two BCBC berths in this contest but only one NHC berth in this contest.

At 120 entries or below, the prize pool will be as follows:

1st	2025 BCBC Entry
2nd	2025 BCBC Entry
3rd	2026 NHC Entry
4th	2026 NHC Entry

 

At 121 to 159 entries, the prize pool will be as follows:

1st	2025 BCBC Entry	50% of cash prize pool over 120 entries
2nd	2025 BCBC Entry	20% of cash prize pool over 120 entries
3rd	2026 NHC Entry	15% of cash prize pool over 120 entries
4th	2026 NHC Entry	10% of cash prize pool over 120 entries
5th	2025 Woodbine Mile BCBC Entry	5% of cash prize pool over 120 entries

 

At 160 to 199 entries, the prize pool will be as follows:

1st	U.S. $5,000 & 2025 BCBC Entry	50% of cash prize pool over 160 entries
2nd	U.S. $2,000 & 2025 BCBC Entry	20% of cash prize pool over 160 entries
3rd	U.S. $1,500 & 2026 NHC Entry	15% of cash prize pool over 160 entries
4th	U.S. $1,000 & 2026 NHC Entry	10% of cash prize pool over 160 entries
5th	2025 Woodbine Mile BCBC Entry	5% of cash prize pool over 160 entries

At 200 entries, the prize pool will be as follows:

1st	U.S. $10,000 & 2025 BCBC Entry	50% of cash prize pool over 200 entries
2nd	U.S. $4,000 & 2025 BCBC Entry	20% of cash prize pool over 200 entries
3rd	U.S. $3,000 & 2026 NHC Entry	15% of cash prize pool over 200 entries
4th	U.S. $2,000 & 2026 NHC Entry	10% of cash prize pool over 200 entries
5th	U.S. $1,000	5% of cash prize pool over 200 entries

 

A hotel stay (up to $700) will be covered for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association NHC event or upgraded for those already qualified. If for any reason one of the top finishers is either not a current NHC Tour member, cannot attend, or has already dual‐qualified for the NHC, the next highest placing eligible contestant will receive the NHC berth.

NHC TOUR POINTS: This is an official NHC Tour event. Per the NHC, NHC Tour points will be awarded in accordance with the official 2026 NHC Tour rules which can be found at www.nhctour.com. Players must be 2026 Tour members to earn Tour points.

PLACING WAGERS: ADW online participants will place wagers through their assigned Contest account as directed by the respective ADW.

All official track rulings will apply to wagers placed in the Contest except as otherwise stipulated. The Contest will be based on the official placement and mutuel prices at Woodbine.

It is the player’s responsibility to check all mutuel wagers/tickets.

TAX WITHHOLDING: Any and all wagers are subject to applicable IRS tax withholdings. Only the net amount of a winning wager subject to withholdings (the amount the player received after the IRS holding) will be available to the player for further wagering in the player’s Bankroll; however, the gross amount of such winning wager will be recorded in the player’s score.

SCRATCHES: If a horse is scratched after a wager is placed, the player has two options:

• Leave the wager alone and the refund(s) that occur due to the scratch will be credited as placed wagers for the purpose of scoring the Contest and determining if minimums are met.
• Cancel wagers involving the associated scratched horse(s) and re‐bet. In this case, canceled wagers will not count toward minimums and all new wagers will count. If the player cancels and is unable to re‐bet, all rules and possible DQ shall apply.

TIES: In the result of a tie for a cash prize placing or if there is a tie for placing in the Contest and/or final NHC Championship berth, the player with the most money earned in the final Contest race on Saturday, August 16, 2025 will be declared the winner. If there is still a tie, the most money earned in the second to last Contest race on Saturday, August 16, 2025 will determine the winner. If there is still a tie, the most money earned in the third to last Contest race of the Contest on Saturday, August 16, 2025 will determine the winner and each race thereafter until there is no longer a tie.

CONTEST STANDINGS: Officials will supply a link by way of email to real‐time standings/scoring to all Contest participants playing from online ADWs. Issues related to IRS withholding, late scratches or other matters could either (i) delay the posting of those scores or (ii) cause inaccurate scores to be posted. All standings are unofficial until the final results are audited and posted. Players are encouraged to maintain an accurate record of their wagers and scoring.

AGE INELIGIBILITY / DISCLOSURE: Players must be at least 18 years of age to participate in the Contest. Players must be at least 21 years of age to participate in the 2026 NHC in Las Vegas. If a player will not be 21 years of age by the start of the 2026 NHC, the next highest Contest finisher (alternate) will take his/her place at the NHC. The following are ineligible to participate in this Contest: (i) licensed trainers and (ii) employees of Breeders’ Cup Limited, National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Woodbine, HPI, United Tote, AmTote, Sportech, Xpressbet.com, or employees of any other ADW company that participates as a Contest online provider.

If any player has an ownership interest of at least 25% in a horse(s) running in any Contest races, then all involvements must be fully disclosed in advance to Contest officials. If a player has at least a 25% ownership interest in a horse in a specific race, the player can: (1) choose to bypass that race (not wager on that race) as part of the Contest; however, the player would still need to reach the minimum number of races by the end of the Contest or will be disqualified as stated above. (2) Player may also choose to wager on the specific race in which they have an ownership interest. If they choose to wager, then they must only wager on their horse to Win; “on top only” when wagering in the exacta and trifecta pools; and singled in daily double pools. No “box” tickets are permitted and the horse may not be used underneath in exotics.

TAXES: Liability for any and all federal, state, provincial and local taxes is solely the responsibility of prize winners.

RECEIVING PRIZES: Positive identification is required of all prizewinners. Positive identification is a valid government issued ID with a picture and the same address and birth date used on the entry forms, and/or such other form of identification as deemed adequate by the Contest Sponsor. Contestants shall play a maximum of two entries.

Collusion of entries between horse players is prohibited, as is any attempt to manipulate the results of the Contest. All players must make his or her own final selection independently of every other player in the Contest. Participants in the Contest are prohibited from coordinating their play with other players, such as (1) sharing the risk of losing amongst different entries of different players and (2) playing the same picks across entries amongst different players and coordinating wagers across different players. All players must make his or her own final selection independently of every other player in the Contest. If Woodbine or Contest Officials determine, in their sole discretion, that collusion occurred, the participating player(s) will be disqualified. If Woodbine or Contest officials conclude, in their sole discretion: (1) a player engaged in or attempted to engage in any act that compromises or could compromise the competitive integrity of the Contest; (2) tampered with or attempted to tamper with the betting process and/or operation of the Contest or any player; (3) acted in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, coerce or harass any other player, then such player(s) will be disqualified.

Players with multiple entries are permitted to play the entries in their own names in any way they wish in respect to each of their entries.

WAGERING DATA: Each player permits and licenses to Woodbine and its assignees the player’s likeness and images, pictures, photos, video, names and specific wagers made during the Contest for promotional and other purposes.

JUDGING AND DISPUTES: The management of Woodbine reserve the right to interpret all questions and conditions in regard to this Contest, without claim for damages or recourse of any kind. The management of Woodbine and Contest officials will decide all questions and definitions covered and not covered explicitly in these rules and their decisions shall be final. By participating in the Contest, all players agree to Woodbine’s authority to make any and all such decisions.

FORCE MAJEURE: Woodbine shall not be liable to any player, or any third party, for failure to run, or a delay in the running of, any races, or in the event any equipment, service, or transmission cannot be provided by Woodbine or their respective contractors or sub‐ contractors due to an act of God, fire, epidemic, casualty, act or decision of a governmental authority, injunction, technical difficulties, failure of satellite or other communications, electrical, telephone or other power transmission lines or facilities, boycott, strike or labor dispute, or any similar or dissimilar cause beyond the control of Woodbine. In the event of such occurrence(s), Woodbine may terminate this Contest or choose other races to substitute in case of Woodbine races being cancelled. In any case, without Woodbine incurring any further obligation or liability to player or any third party whose claims are predicated upon the running of, or entry into, the Contest. Woodbine is not responsible for lost, interrupted, incomplete, inaccurate or incorrect capture of betting information or for computer, telephone, cable, network, electronic or internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or jumbled transmissions, service provider accessibility or availability or unauthorized human intervention.

SEVERABILITY: Any provision hereof prohibited by, or unlawful, or unenforceable under any applicable law of any jurisdiction shall as to such jurisdiction be ineffective without affecting any other provision or enforcement of these Rules. Additionally, the unenforceability of any provision in one jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforcement of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES/ASSIGNMENT: The provisions of these Rules are not intended to be for the benefit of, or enforceable by, any party other than Woodbine and the player. Except for Woodbine and the player, no party shall have any right to rely upon or enforce any of the terms and provisions of these Rules. Player shall not assign any rights contained herein.

WAIVER; REMEDIES: The failure by one party to require performance of any provision of these Rules shall not affect that party’s right to require performance at any time thereafter, nor shall a waiver by one party of a breach by the other party be considered a waiver of any or all subsequent breaches by the breaching party. All rights and remedies provided in these Rules are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies that may be available to the parties, whether provided by law, equity, statute, in any other agreement between the parties, or otherwise.