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This weekend is France’s biggest racing week, the Prix d’ Arc deTriomphe.  The action gets underway at 8edt Saturday and an bright eye opening 7:30am on Sunday (4:30am for you west coasters.  Post time for the Arc on Sunday is 10:35edt.

Check your email from Idabet.com for your copy of a complimentary past performance program, Info sheet and Tip Sheet.

Also this weekend, it’s opening day at Santa Anita on Friday and the Maryland Mililon from Laurel Park on Saturday.

FAVORITES SCORE IN SANDY DOWNS FINALS

Leading Trainer Bret Vickery Saddles Derby and Futurity Winners

They crowned the two and three year old stars at Sandy Downs last Saturday night and local favorites Lajolla Famosa and Wayward Wings didn’t disappoint in the track’s top stakes races of the season on closing night.  A record crowd with standing room only was on hand to celebrate as the race season’s leading trainer, Bret Vickery conditioned both winners.  And rounding out the Leader board standings were Jim Hanson leading TB trainer,  Paul Greene leading QH jockey, and Tyson Lusk leading TB jockey.  The leading owners at the meet ended in a three-way tie between Dan & Connie Moon, Moving On, and Donna King.

Gary and Jeralyn Messenger’s Lajolla Famosa won the $24,415 Hadtobenuts Derby in a track record 19.317 seconds for the 400 yards stake.   The winner broke second and then quickly took the lead for an easy two length margin.  With the meet’s top jockey Paul Greene aboard, the three year old won for the 7^th time in 13 starts.  Lajolla Famosa is an Idaho bred by Streakin Lajolla out of Go For Fame paid $2.80 to win.

Vickery scored again in the $32,695 Hawthorne Futurity for two year olds with Wayward Wings winning a duel by a neck over Rgr Jungle Jock covering the 350 yards in 17.468 seconds.  The filly is owned and bred by Dan Moon whose celebrated stallion Hadtobenuts not only was the named sponsor of the Derby, but also the sire of Wayward Wings.  Wayward Wings returned $4.60 to win.

Paul Greene led all jockeys with 17 winner’s circle appearances during the meet from 60 mounts.  Tyson Luck was second with 14 victories.  Vickery trained 20 first place finishers over the 12-day season.

Sandy Downs operators Jim and Melissa Bernard had plenty to...

FAMILY FESTIVAL, STAKES FINALS AS

SANDY DOWNS CONCLUDES SEASON THIS WEEKEND

In a rematch of their Hadtobenuts Derby trial, Lajolla Famosa and Hadtobeawinner are the main challengers in the three-year-old quarter horse championship for the 2011 Sandy Downs meet in Idaho
Falls.  The Gary and Jeralyn Messenger owned Lajolla Famosa returned to his strong 2010 form with an easy win over Hadtobeawinneer on July 15 for his sixth career victory in just 12 races.  Paul Greene gets the mount again in Saturday’s 7^thrace.  Hadtobeawinner is the son of the Derby’s namesake Hadtobenuts who showed promise in his runner up finish last time for owner Dan Moon, the major sponsor of the $24,000, 350 yard race.  Racing concludes for the year with a 6 p.m. post time both Friday and Saturday.

In the $32,000 Hawthorne Futurity for two-year-olds Moon’s Hadtobenuts daughter, Wayward Wings fresh off a victory in her trial division for the juvenile championship is favored for leading trainer Brett Vickery.  She will be tested by Eye Yin Fury, who won his trial and is 2 for 3 in his promising young career for owners Andrea and Eddy Jensen.  Sponsored by Hawthorne Animal Hospital, the Futurity is the 5^th race on Saturday’s closing night card going 350-yards for quarter horses.

The racing season wraps up with a two day festival of family fun featuring live music, face painters, fun bounce, a country barbecue and discount food prices.  Ga

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It’s time for another IdaCapper Contest.  Saturday, July 30 we are offering an IdaWin Contest.  Just select one horse from each race at Les Bois Park and our top ‘capper wins $50 added to their account with the runner up getting $25.

It’s easy to play and enter.  Just email Steve@Idabet.com the race number and program number of your choice in each race along with your name and account number.  The deadline to enter is 5pm EDT Saturday.  If your horse is scratched in a race, we will replace it with the favorite.

For this contest, there is no entry fee, but you must wager at least $50 on the Les Bois Park card Saturday night through Idabet.com.  If you are betting Les Bois, we will remiburse you for  your past performance program.

LAJOLLA FAMOSA, WAYWARD WINGS, EYE YIN FURY

SCORE IN SANDY DOWNS TRIALS

Duo Leading Contenders for Hawthorne Futurity and Hadtobenuts Derby

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LES BOIS LEAD TO IDAHO RACING RESURGENCE

Gary and Jeralyn Messenger’s LAJOLLA FAMOSA victory in a division of the $24,000 Hadtobenuts Derby Trials on Friday at Sandy Downs, is just one of the bright spots of Idaho racing emerging from Idaho Falls.  Earlier in the card, WAYWARD WINGS had the fastest time of the three divisions of the $32,000 Hawthorne Futurity Trials.  Both stakes will be contested on closing night, Saturday, July 30.

Leading jockey Paul Greene guided Lajolla Famosa to his sixth career victory in twelve starts for the meet’s top conditioner Brett Vickery.  The 3-year-old Idaho-bred by Streakin Lajolla out of Go For Flame broke third and quickly took the lead to cover the 400-yard test in 19.639 seconds.  He paid $3.20 to win as the favorite.  Dan Moon, sponsor of the Derby saw his charge Hadtobewinner, the son of Hadtobenuts close to finish a half length back at 10 to 1 odds.

Moon had even better luck with Wayward Wings, the speediest in the Hawthorne Futurity Trials.  The daughter of Hadtobenuts went 350 yards in 17.588 seconds for her second score in four races this year to emerge as the favorite in the July 30 finals.  Once again, Brett Vickery saddled the race winner. The Idaho-bred paid $9.60 in easily beating runner up Lp Jesses Ace by 1 ¼ lengths.  That combination provided for some wild payoffs   Though going off at 7-1, Lp Jesses Ace paid $27.00 for place and created a $2 quinella that returned a whopping $235.60

Eye Yin Fury made it two out of three in the two-year-old...

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Havre de Grace-Blind Luck VI headlines 74th renewal of Delaware Handicap 

Stanton, Del., July 12, 2011 - The old racetrack adage from long ago says with a “filly or mare go to Delaware,” and the connections of the best fillies in the country, arguably the two best horse in training in the nation, are heeding that wisdom as the pair prepares to meet for the sixth time at the site where the rivalry began a year ago.  Havre de Grace, the current leading filly and mare in the nation, and Blind Luck, the 2010 3-year-old filly champion, are slated to meet again at Delaware Park in the Delaware Handicap.  Havre de Grace, locally-owned by Richard Porter’s Fox Hill Farm, and California invader Blind Luck, owned by Mark DeDomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo and Jerry Hollendorfer, headline the 74th renewal of the $750,000 Grade II Delaware Handicap this Saturday.  The mile-and-a-quarter filly and mare summer classic has attracted a field of five.

More than prestige, money and bragging rights will be on the line as for the fourth consecutive time the Delaware Handicap has been designated as a “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, with the winner automatically qualifying for the Ladies’ Classic at Churchill Downs on November 4.

The rivalry began when the pair met in the Grade II Delaware Oaks last year, with Blind Luck edging out a nose victory over Havre de Grace.  Since then, they have met four times at venues across the country, with Havre de Grace winning two and Blind Luck winning one. The only time one did not win while facing each other was in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic at Churchill Downs last year, when Unrivaled Belle won, Blind Luck finished second and Havre de...