Winning Ponies

Mr. Brian Feldman, a driver from Mason, Ohio, who qualified online for the 2010 NHC, moved into eighth place on the tour with 8,073 points. He has qualified for the NHC twice before, finishing 14th in 2001 after winning the Turfway qualifier and competing again in 2007. Turfway is his home track. To qualify for the national championship and earn tour points, players enter contests at tracks around the country and online. Mr. Feldman will be talking to our host about the intricacies of playing on the NTRA tour. Soon after graduating from high school, Mr. Margolis worked at Belmont Park, where he rubbed horses for eventual Hall of Fame trainer John Veitch. He also worked for Pat Byrne and Howie Tesher before joining Stanley Hough's outfit in the 1990s. He then traveled to Kentucky in 1997 as Hough's assistant, and went out on his own in the fall of 2000. Mr. Margolis won his first race on Sept. 15, 2000, with Her Great Affair at Turfway Park. Hough's primary owners, Robert and Bea Roberts, began dispersing th