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Updated Mon., Jan. 30, 12am…Check back through Tuesday morning for possible added names for promotion.

Mitt Romney was a STAR OVER UTAH running the Salt Lake Olympics and now he is VYING FOR VICTORY as a TAX OPPONENT in Tuesday’s Florida Republican Presidential Primary.  Each of those bold names is also the names of horses running on Tuesday at thoroughbred and harness racetracks across the country and eligible for bonus prize money in Idabet.com’s Pony Primary.  IdaBet.com, a USA based and legal service that offers betting on horse racing and is rewarding hunch players in conjunction with the primary.  Players who bet a horse with a primary related name that wins will get a $25 cash bonus.  In addition, players wagering at least $500 for the day will get an extra 1% in cash rewards.

The promotion comes on the heels of a similar event during the Tim Tebow craze.  On January 14, the day of the Broncos-Patriots playoff game, Idabet’s TEBOW 3:16 MANIA may have foreshadowed Denver’s defeat.  Players who bet two horses with TIM in the name were losers, but 2 of the 3 horses with PATRIOT as part of their name were winners, including CM Patriot at Hialeah that paid $16.20 to win.

Tuesday’s Pony Primary is part of Idabet.com’s effort to bring fun promotions to the online and phonebet player who can’t make it to the track.  While Idabet.com realizes racing’s gaming advantage of past performances and data increases the chances of winning, you just never know when ones hunch bet can be just as successful.  Full details of the promotion are available at Idabet.com.  The horses, track and race number eligible for the promotion include:

CHAGRIN LEADER    Sunland 2^nd

CHIEF LAZ  Sunland 11^th

FINAL EXECUTIVE  Dover Downs...

Once again, handicapping may go out the window when you select horse names related to Tuesday’s Florida Primary when you play our Florida Pony Primary.  In this spot after 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, we will have a list of horses you can choose to bet.

Bet at least a $2 Win bet on any of those horses and if your horse wins, not only do you get the payoff, but we will credit another $25 to your account.  Only rule, you must have wagered at least $250 overall for the day (except show bets).

Complete rules on our PROMOS PAGE.

The Pony Primary pays even more.  If you  wager at least $500 for the day, excluding show bets, you will automatically receive a 1% bonus in your account added on Wednesday.

In our Tebow 316 promotion, it proved that indeed sometimes hunches to pay off.  While the two horses with TIM in their name did not win, we did allow for 3 horses with PATRIOT in the name to be a part of the game.  Two of the three won (including a $16.40 winner) and maybe that was the hunch the Broncos were not going to win.

We’ll be looking for names with NEWT, ROMNEY, PRESIDENT to make it fun…just check back here after 3pm EST Monday for the list you can choose from.

Remember in this game, no matter if you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Tea or even Coffee Party, everyone can win!

Sunday, Jan. 29 is the premiere of HBO’s new drama series called “Luck” set at Santa Anita.  An exciting new series on the network that brought you The Sopranos, Arliss, Larry Sanders and Entourage (o.k….all my faves).

There is a Facebook application that allows you to bet the Luck Pick 6 which also has a live real Pick 6 between Santa Anita and Guflstream on Saturday, Jan. 28.

The Facebook game is FREE to play…. to enter.

As a native Marylander and worked at Delaware Park for years, I obviously was glad to see Havre de Grace winning Horse of the Year.  Her Delaware races with Blind Luck were among the best events you’ll ever see.  She becomes the third straight female to capture Horse of the Year and the Delaware Handicap’s mantra for years has been “With a filly or mare, come to Delaware.”  Hard to believe the Delaware Handicap is still not a Grade i.

Rick Porter owns car dealerships in Delaware and Havre de Grace is a charming small town on the shores of the northern portion of the Chesapeake Bay.  It was also home to a great racetrack Havre de Grace Park, also known as The Graw from 1912 to 1950.

The roster of names that race there is as a great as any track in the first half of the 20th century including, CITATION, SEABISCUIT, SIR BARTON, MAN O’WAR and WAR ADMIRAL.

The track was squeezed for business and limited racing dates by Delaware Park and Garden State and then closed when purchased by the owners of Laurel and Pimlico.

Below is the Blood Horse story on the Horse of the Year.

TEBOW MANIA ENDS

With a shortage of TIM named horses, Idabet.com added several names to our roster of charges to help you win the $25 portion of our Tebow Mania bonus.  Three of those horses had PATRIOT in the name with 2 of them winning.  While it wasn’t the 316 hunch, a hunch is was just the same foreshadowing the results of the Broncos-Patriots game with a New England blow out.

Numerous of our promotion players bet on all 3 Patriot horses with Cm Patriot returning a healthy $16.40 in a QH race at Hialeah.  That alone made the promotion fun and along with another $25 bonus from Idabet.com, made it quite profitable for the day.  Hope you had fun with the promotion.

BLOOD HORSE STORY: