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IdaRacing would like to thank all of our players who took advantage of the Sandy Downs racing this past weekend and our special promotions.  We were amazed by the hundreds of fans who were watching our races from our homepage.  Considering most major tracks only have “hundreds” of fans ontrack these days, this was terrific.

We reailze most of our players are Thoroughbred fans, but it plenty of you bet our card which was mostly quarterhorses.  No doubt our 10% CASH REWARDS on all Win, Place and Exotics helped out.

Live racing returns for only one day this week on Friday with post time at 6:30pm MDT (8:30EDT)…hey I got it right this time.  Same great deals as last week:  10% CASH REWARDS ON ALL WIN, PLACE AND EXOTIC BETS.  Free Past Performance Program will be sent to all of our players.

Congratulations to Dave N. from Florida…Dave was our top bettor on Saturday and won our $100 CASH PRIZE.  We also want to shout out to one of our New York players who turned $57 into nearly $2000 in his wagers on Saturday.

Though the Belmont Stakes is over, we’ll be taking action from Belmont Park through the end of the meet followed by the ultimate race meet of the year, Saratoga on July 22.

Welcome aboard all of new players who joined us last week from one of our special direct email promotions.  Please let us know what we can do for you to make your racing action the best experience on Idabet.com.  Just email me at Steve@Idabet.com or Melissa@Idabet.com to let us know anything we can try to help you with.

Have a great week everyone!

Ricardo Valenzuela’s six-year-old “Go Straight” is the heavy favorite in the “Legendary Dream Handicap” at Sandy Downs Race Track’s opening day card Friday.  Go Straight coming off an allowance victory at Southern California’s Los Alamitos Race Course is listed at 8 to 5 odds in a field of eight going 350 yards for quarter horses.  Tyson Luck gets the mount carrying 126 pounds.

Post time for the first race is 6:30MDT (4:30EDT) with the Legendary Dream carded as the 7^th race.  The feature is at 350 yards with a purse of $3300 added for 3-year-olds and up.  Go Straight has an impressive career record of 15 finishes in the money from 30 starts.  However, he was shut out from the winners circle in 2010, but has rebounded this year hitting the board in his last three races.  The California bred gelding has six lifetime wins.

“Iona Cool” will be the local favorite despite being unraced since his Sandy Downs victory last June.  Owned and trained by Larry Chapple, the Idaho bred four-year-old has finished in the money in 4 of his 6 career starts including two trips to the winners circle.

Friday’s racing card also features the Adequan Sandy Downs Derby Challenge Trials over three races for quarter horses.

The 12-day meet which also includes thoroughbred racing continues on Saturday with post time at 6:30pmMDT.

Don’t trust any of my handicapping skills in the future, when I can’t even figure out post times.  Post time for Sandy Downs is 6:30 MDT…but it’s 8:30 EDT, not the 4:30 I’ve been listing.  So those of you on the East Coast, go out for a nice dinner, then sit back, turn on the computer and WATCH AND WAGER on Sandy Downs.

If you didn’t get your complimentary PP’s for Friday, email me right away Steve@Idabet.com and I will send them out!

Besides the Belmont Stakes Saturday, there’s another great betting offer over the weekend.  Harness fans can jump on a $10,000 gtd. Pick 6 at Tioga Downs in upstate New York on Sunday.

Melissa is doing it again!  She’s giving away Jim’s money (for those who don’t know, Jim and Melissa own Idabet.com).  First the 10% CASH REWARDS on most of the bets on their Sandy Downs meet and now an EXTRA $100.00 THIS SATURDAY, June 11 to the player who BETS THE MOST MONEY.

That’s a cool Ben Franklin for betting the most.  Hey you don’t even have to win and you’ll still get back $100.00.  Now remember, we are new and we’re not quite Twin Spires, so you don’t have to be zillions to compete.

For the rest of us, we’ll still get the 10% on all of our WIN, PLACE, and EXOTIC BETS at Sandy Downs.

To watch the Sandy Downs races LIVE ONLINE at Idabet.com starting Friday, you will need WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.  If you don’t have it, go to the following link to download it:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player

It’s only 12 days of racing, but for you the Idabet.com player, it’s really a great chance to get some of the best player incentives in all of racing…no matter how little you bet!  Opening day of the mixed thoroughbred/quarterhorse meet is this Friday, June 10 with a local post time in Idaho Falls at 6:30 p.m. (4:30 on the East Coast).  There is also an excellent series of stakes and the Bank of America Quarterhorse Championship Trials and Finals throughout the season.

10% CASH BACK…All Sandy Downs race days……Opening day and Saturday (this weekend’s race days), Idabet.com players get FREE PAST PERFORMANCES and FREE LIVE VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE.  Go to our homepage…YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER TO VIEW THE RACES.

If you write a “cool” message about us on our Facebook page (Idabet.com Horse Racing) or Twitter (Idabet.com) or any racing site you post messages, we will give a $2 FREE BET on the Sandy Downs races either Friday or Saturday.  Just post the message, then E-Mail Melissa@Idabet.com as to which site you posted, your name and account number and she will add the bet to your account!  Thanks in advance for spreading the word of Idabet.com

But clearly the best part of the meet, will be our generous 10% CASH REWARD added daily to your IdaRewards account on all Sandy Downs WIN, PLACE and EXOTIC WAGERS during the meet!  It’s fun racing, racing the way it used to be…and IT PAYS GREAT REWARDS TO IDABET.COM PLAYERS.  Have some fun this summer!