With the groundhog’s weather report due in nine days, some of the Meadowlands’ most recognizable names will be seen popping up more in the program in the coming weeks as winter’s chill begins to slowly melt into spring. First up is Yannick Gingras. “The Green Hornet” won 395 times a year ago, ending his streak of 400 ...

    Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players:   4TH RACE – (4) E L DARTSMYBOY was pocketed through the fog when ‘peeked’ last out. Remains a bottom claimer and raced well enough to try again.   6TH RACE – (4) MACH ONE won at this level first local try, then hooked a good one in latest. ...

For our IdaBet players, here are the Monday Picks for Monticello. Happy Wagering! 1ST RACE: 4-1-2-5 2ND RACE: 2-4-1-6 3RD RACE: 3-1-2-5 4TH RACE: 5-1-7-6 5TH RACE: 4-7-5-3 6TH RACE: 1-7-2-4 7TH RACE: 2-1-3-4 8TH RACE: 4-2-6-3 9TH RACE: 1-3-5-8

Today’s “Lock” is at Pompano Park: Race 4 #2-Striker Ace-Class dropper has inside post and a new driver in Wally Hennessy. Yesterday’s “Lock” ran 2nd- leaving Howard’s  record now standing at: 171 of 279 wins with 50 seconds and 18 thirds. Happy Wagering and Thank YOU for choosing IdaBet.com!

Yonkers IdaBet.com players!  Free PPs from Yonkers Raceway for January 22nd as you make your wagering considerations. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com – your way to play! 1-22 mon proof

Here is today’s “Lock”: Hawthorne Racecourse on race 2 with the #1: OTIS-M-Class dropper has been knocking on the door and will break through today for a win. Kyle Wilfong drives. Yesterday’s “Lock” won, Howard’s Record now stands at:171 of 278 wins with 49 seconds and 18 thirds. Good luck today and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

Yonkers IdaBet.com players!  Free PPs from Yonkers Raceway for January 21th as you make your wagering considerations. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com – your way to play! 1-21 sun proof

    Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players:   4TH RACE – (5) ESCAPE THE NEWS returned with some crisp, late energy in ’18 bow. Now intrigues getting tagged in ‘Welcome Baffles Gravel’ Invitational.   5TH RACE – (2) MACINTOSH N was gazed from pole in last, but didn’t put up much of a fight to pocket ...

Today’s “Lock” is at Freehold Raceway on race 8 with the #3-Uppercutz-Looks to go wire to wire in here for driver Andy Miller. Last Lock ran 2nd. Howard’s record now stands at: 170 of 277 wins with 49 seconds and 18 thirds. Happy Wagering and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

Yonkers IdaBet.com players!  Free PPs from Yonkers Raceway for January 20th as you make your wagering considerations. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com – your way to play! 1-20 sat proof

Today’s “Lock” is at Hawthorne Raceway on race 7 with the  #8-Zone Blitz-In top form and looks for the win tonight for driver Michael Oosting. Last Lock won! Record now stands at: 170 of 276 wins with 48 seconds and 18 thirds.  Happy Wagering and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

  Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players:   1ST RACE – (4) BUGSY MAGUIRE hits town from Dover priced to move. Delaware lines don’t always translate here, but let us gaze what he brings to table.   2ND RACE – (4) SPORTY SPOOK A ought to have no visible alibi dipping down the ladder. Went nowhere ...

Yonkers IdaBet.com players!  Free PPs from Yonkers Raceway for January 19th as you make your wagering considerations. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com – your way to play! 1-19 fri proof  

 While wagering in general remained strong at the Meadowlands last weekend (Jan. 12-13), players were especially fired up when it came time to play the track’s popular Pick 4 and Pick 5 wagers. The Friday Pick 5 had a pool that swelled to $253,772, with interest in the wager piqued due to a $28,786 carryover from ...

The fourth running of the $100,000 Bay Ridge was worth the wait. After being rescheduled twice from its original date on December 29 because of live racing cancellations, fans witnessed an exciting prolonged stretch duel as Frost Wise benefitted from a favorable head bob to beat Riot Worthy by a nose in the 1 1/8-mile ...

A seven-horse field will look to pick up black type for the first time in the new campaign in the 147th running of the $100,000 Ladies Handicap for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up on Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Carded as Race 8, the 1 1/8-mile route is the second of two stakes on the day’s ...

Idaho has added “historical” or “instant” horse racing machines to its wish list. The horse-race betting machines are ​according to Operators, Pari-mutuel​ betting terminals that allow players to place bets on replays of horse races that have already been run. According to the latest news, a bill that would call for the legalization of horse-race betting machines has been recently introduced to ...

Wagering may have been cancelled at Buffalo Raceway due to electrical problems but Miss Irish Rose A was still all business in taking the featured $9,500 Open Pace for the mares on Wednesday night (Jan. 17) in a snappy 1:59.1. A power surge at Buffalo Raceway caused a failure of Amtote’s PC Color Display Computer System and its ...

  Repeat Winner Jessies First Down Leads Ruidoso Raced 2017 Champions Ted Abrams’ homebred Jessies First Down repeated as the world champion and led five horses that raced at Ruidoso Downs last summer named 2017 champions. There are 12 championship awards for quarter horses racing in the United States. They are the major awards. Ruidoso Downs raced horses took ...

For our IdaBet players: Delta Downs’ very own Jackpot Picks for Thursday, January 18th jackpotthursdayjan18th Happy Wagering and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

40 TOP SOPHOMORES TO RACE IN GRADE 1 LOS ALAMITOS WINTER DERBY TRIALS ON SATURDAY LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA… Six standouts that competed in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity on December 17 plus two other Grade 1 finalists are among the 40 sophomores that will race in the trials to the ...

For our IdaBet players, here are the Thursday Picks for Monticello. Happy Wagering! 1ST RACE: 7-5-2-3 2ND RACE: 5-1-6-4 3RD RACE: 2-7-1-3 4TH RACE: 4-1-5-3 5TH RACE: 4-1-5-3 6TH RACE: 3-7-1-4 7TH RACE: 5-6-1-4 8TH RACE: 5-3-4-1 9TH RACE: 1-5-4-6

Meydan Overview – Week 2: What a start to the Dubai World Cup Carnival we enjoyed last week. Ertijaal scorched his way up the five furlongs turf track to win again at his beloved Meydan, while Benbatl outlined that he is a ten-furlong Group One performer in the offing. A track record also came tumbling down courtesy of ...

We are pleased offer our IdaBet players, Battaglia’s Picks​ for Turfway Park!  Get Lucky and play Turfway Park and thank you for your continued loyalty and support.   THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 (preview) RACE 1 ROB AND JOHNS GIRL didn’t show much in her first race back after a four-month layoff but drops to the bottom tonight. She likes this track and figures to improve enough ...

Infused with a carryover in excess of $5,200, Yonkers Raceway’s Tuesday night (Jan. 16th) Pick 5 wager figured to initiate some interest, which it did.  A total of $27,959 in new investments were added, creating a pool (after takeout) of $26,176 and some change. The winning combination of 3/3/2/3/5 returned $561.25 for every correct half-dollar ticket.  The ...

For our IdaBet players, here are the Wednesday Picks for Monticello. Happy Wagering! 1ST RACE: 4-2-3-5 2ND RACE: 1-4-7-5 3RD RACE: 2-6-5-3 4TH RACE: 6-5-9-2 5TH RACE: 2-5-7-4 6TH RACE: 2-3-1-8 7TH RACE: 4-2-7-1 8TH RACE: 6-1-5-7 9TH RACE: 7-1-6-3

Today’s “Lock” is at Pompano Park on race 1  with the #5- Trottin Kayla-Broke last week and will make amends this week with driver Ricky Macomber Jr. Last Lock WON! Howard’s record now stands at: 169 of 275 wins with 48 seconds and 18 thirds. Good luck at Pompano Park and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

Penn National Race Course has cancelled live racing for tonight, Wednesday, January 17 due to winter weather. Live racing is scheduled to resume tomorrow, Thursday, January 18. Stay warm out there and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

Already with seven figures in earnings, Foiled Again goes for  triple figures in wins.  Harness racing’s richest-ever horse eyes a 100th career victory Saturday night (Jan. 20th), starting from outside post position No. 7 in Yonkers Raceway’s $20,000 first-race pace. Win No. 99 came this past Saturday night (Jan. 13th), a season-debuting half-length victory (1:55) at the same ...

Due to a shortage of entries for the Friday (Jan.19) program, officials at Buffalo Raceway were forced to cancel that evening’s action that was scheduled for 5 p.m. There is an 11-race program on Wednesday night (Jan. 17) beginning at 5 p.m. After Friday’s cancellation, racing is scheduled to resume on Saturday (Jan. 20) at 6 ...

A friendly reminder from Yonkers Raceway that Tuesday evening’s (Jan. 16th) Pick 5 wager starts with a carryover of $5,207.29.  The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising races 7 through 11 during every racing card. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Monday night), ...

DRYSDALE’S MADAME STRIPES TAKES GRADE III, $100,000 MEGAHERTZ STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS; RIDDEN BY DESORMEAUX, SHE GETS MILE ON TURF IN 1:34.24 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2018)—Although she hopped leaving the gate, Argentine-bred Madame Stripes settled nicely under Kent Desormeaux and easily overhauled favored Insta Erma late to take Monday’s Grade III Megahertz Stakes by ...

For our IdaBet players, here are the Tuesday Picks for Monticello. Happy Wagering! 1ST RACE: 3-4-1-2 2ND RACE: 4-1-3-5 3RD RACE: 4-5-3-6 4TH RACE: 2-1-3-5 5TH RACE: 3-6-2-4 6TH RACE: 4-5-3-1 7TH RACE: 5-6-8-1 8TH RACE: 1-6-3-2 9TH RACE: 5-4-7-1 10TH RACE: 1-4-2-5

Today’s “Lock” is at Monticello Raceway on race 3  with the #5-Ask Queenie-Should be asking ask where the finish line is, That is where this super fast horse will be, Michael Merton drives. Yesterday’s “Lock” was boxed in and ran 2nd.  Howard’s record now stands at 168 of 274 wins with 48 seconds and 18 thirds. Good ...

With five different tickets “live” and thus eligible to produce a life-changing score, including one that singled 5-2 post time favorite Red Shelby, it was Gone to Town, an 8-1 shot trained by Hector Palma and ridden by Alonso Quinonez, that sailed home in Monday’s nightcap at Santa Anita to win by four lengths which ...

A PEEK AT THE PROGRAM–TUESDAY, JANUARY 16     Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players:   1ST RACE – (7) BEGINNER’S LUCK was perfect-trip, ‘peeked’ winner in latest. Any number of competent ones here, but we stay ‘cause he’s square price.   3RD RACE – (4) BASS PLAYER could not sustain first-up try in seasonal bow, hanging around ...

After a pair of cancellations due to poor weather conditions over the weekend, Buffalo Raceway will once again try to get the 2018 season off the ground with an 11-race card slated for Wednesday evening (Jan. 17) beginning at 5 p.m. It will be ladies first in the opener on Wednesday with a full field of ...

REDDAM’S MOPOTISM PREVAILS BY A HEAD IN A THREE-WAY PHOTO TO TAKE SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 LA CANADA STAKES; TRAINED BY O’NEILL & RIDDEN BY GUTIERREZ, UNCLE MO FILLY GETS MILE IN 1:37.29 In a thrilling three-horse photo finish, Reddam Racing’s Mopotism prevailed by head to take Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa ...

Louisiana Downs has cancelled live racing for Tuesday January 16th due to Extreme Weather Forecasted overnight & Tuesday. Stay warm and safe and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

West Point Thoroughbreds and RAP Racing’s Empire Line overtook Morning Breez in the stretch and fended off Evaluator’s late charge at the wire to win the 39th running of the $100,000 Damon Runyon for 3-year-old New York-breds  Monday at Aqueduct Racetrack on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Empire Line, who won his debut at six furlongs ...

RECORD TOTAL LATE PICK FIVE POOL OF $1.7 MILLION REACHED SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA CARRYOVER FROM SATURDAY OF $192,748 GENERATES $1.5 MILLION IN ‘NEW MONEY’ An astounding total Late Pick Five pool of $1,709,442 was reached at fifth race post time today at Santa Anita Park. The 50 cent Late Pick Five, which requires players to select ...

Favored Money Maven (Yannick Gingras, $5.40) held sway after a long grind Sunday afternoon (Jan. 14th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 Open Handicap Trot. The field of nine went as the first of seven ‘French’ trots, with Money Maven away from third from post position No. 3. Last week’s off-the-pace winner, Consolidator (Jim Marohn Jr.), left hard here. ...

Mahoning Valley Race Course has cancelled live racing for today, January 15th, tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16 and Wednesday, January 17 due to winter weather conditions. Live racing is scheduled to resume on Saturday, January 20. Stay warm and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

According to trainer Richard Baltas, it’s his race to lose. And while his Insta Erma may go favored in Monday’s Grade III, $100,000 Megahertz Stakes for older fillies and mares at one mile over the Santa Anita turf, she’ll need to have her running shoes on to handle the likes of Laseen, Chocolate Coated, Madame ...

Today’s “Lock”is at Western Fair on race 3 with the #1-Terra Cotta Lad-Has the rail witch is a big plus at WF AND HOT DRIVER Nicholas Steward=Win! Last Lock was off 3rd.  Howard’s record now stands at: 168 of 273 wins with 47 seconds and 18 thirds. Good luck at Western Fair and thank you for choosing ...

  Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players:   4TH RACE – (2) CAVIART CHERIE gets by far her best venue in fourth try off layoff. Offered eight-hole foot before retreating two starts ago, guessing leaves.   5TH RACE – (1) NIALL HANOVER could not have been uglier after gazed in latest. Gets one more crack winning ...

We are less than one week from the start of live thoroughbred racing at Sam Houston Race Park.  The 32-day Thoroughbred meet begins next Friday, January 19 and continues through March 17 with live racing every Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Tuesday (starting Feb. 13). Please note Sam Houston has made a few minor adjustments to their first race post times that are listed below. Post times for the ...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced a bonus program for potential starters in the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial on Saturday, April 7 at Aqueduct Racetrack that could increase the total purse to $1 million. If any horse in the field registers a Grade 1 or Group 1 victory prior to running in the ...

    Some insights into this morning’s racing program for our IdaBet players:   1ST RACE – (5) PATTON gets third consecutive four-eyeball endorsement. Wide into second week ago, no threat to runaway fave, but nodded in AM opener.   2ND RACE – (3) MONEY MAVEN won battle, lost war in last week’s adult trot. Solid, two-move effort and generous getaway ...

SELCOURT & PRINCESS KAREN HEAD SUNDAY’S $75,000 KALOOKAN QUEEN STAKES AS FIELD OF NINE OLDER FILLIES & MARES GO 6 ½ FURLONGS John Sadler’s comebacking Selcourt and Jeff Bonde’s classy Princess Karen head competitive field of nine older fillies and mares going 6 ½ furlongs in Sunday’s $75,000 Kalookan Queen Stakes at Santa Anita. Idle since running ...