Thunder Rumble (NYSS) Quotes  For our IdaBet Players: Charlton Baker, winning trainer of Gold for the King (No. 1): “He’s always been a good horse. Last race, he had a lot of excuses. He looked good coming into the race, so I thought he’d run back to his old ways. He did it pretty comfortably. It was pretty ...

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

Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players. Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. From the “Ayers Above” MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27 Race 1: 3- Wendy’s Girl – Looks to be victorious upon coming to Northfield. 2- ...

    Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet players: 3RD RACE – (4) BEACH SCENE finds herself priced to move, same angle which led us to No. 6 here a week ago. Far from prolific winner, but there’s value. 4TH RACE – (6) TRIGGER FINGER floats back in from New England and continues to pay his ...

Idabet Players:  GOLDEN GATE FIELDS OFFERS FANS $43,854 PICK 5 CARRYOVER INTO THURSDAY! Thank you for choosing IdaBet!

VOTING NOW OPEN FOR SECRETARIAT ‘VOX POPULI’ AWARD Racing Fans Can Vote for Eighth Annual Winner Online voting is now open for the eighth annual winner of the Secretariat Vox Populi Award. Created by Secretariat’s late owner Penny Chenery, the Vox Populi, or “Voice of the People,” Award recognizes the racehorse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the public and ...

The highly successful first Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar – which has drawn rave reviews from coast to coast – got the track’s fall meeting off to a rousing start and that momentum carried through the four-week season, which concluded Sunday. The track’s fall meet numbers were the strongest since it began autumn racing in ...

Today’s “Lock” is at Yonkers Raceway on Race 5.  The #1-Sossy’s King Kong looks good in this spot with leading driver Jason Bartlett. Yesterday’s Lock was a close 2nd. Record now stands at 152 of 243 wins with 39 seconds and 15 thirds. Good luck today at Yonkers Raceway and thank you for choosing IdaBet.com!

Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet.com players:   3RD RACE – (7) CAVIART CHERIE returns here first off barn change. For whatever it’s worth, aired in Philly qualifier but hasn’t made purse try in 45 days.   5TH RACE – (1) SOSSY’S KING KONG has second go-round for this barn after never quite fulfilling stakes resume ...

Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players. Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. From the “Ayers Above” MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27 Race 1: 6- Bowdie De Vie – Could be successful upon coming to Northfield. 2- ...

Batavia Downs leading driver Larry Stalbaum is nick-named “The Bomber” for his propensity of winning with long shots. Stalbaum lived up to his moniker on Saturday night (Nov. 25) when he escaped the consciousness of the betting public and got home first with 14-1 shot Itsonlyrocknroll A in the $10,000 Open Handicap Pace. It was a ...

Del Mar has some Carryovers into Saturday: PK6 Carryover for tomorrow is $148,562  Jackpot carryover is $31,834 Good luck IdaBet Players!

The curtain came down on the 2017 live harness racing season at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Nov. 24) with many outstanding human and equine performances to mention from the 125 day meet. Greg Merton was the leading dash driver with 230 victories and those starts earned his connections $1.509 million in purses. Both numbers were ...

In his last trip to Batavia Downs three weeks ago, Dragin The Wagon won handily wire to wire in 1:56.1. After two starts at Yonkers he returned to the Genesee County oval for a curtain call as the star of the show once again as he won the $10,000 Open Handicap Trot on Friday night ...

Fourteen older fillies and mares will be tested at the marathon distance of a mile and three-eighths on the grass as the highlight of an eight-race holiday program of Thoroughbred racing Thanksgiving Thursday in the $100,000 Red Carpet Handicap. Special post time for the first race is 11 a.m. Packing highweight of 122 pounds in the ...

Today’s “Lock” is at Pompano Park on Race 2 with #5-Simply Volo-Drops and has best post. Should win by open lengths for driver John Macdonald.   Last Lock WON leaving our Howard the Locks’s Record now stands at 150 of 239 wins with 38 seconds and 15 thirds.  Happy Wagering and thank you for choosing IdaBet!

For our IdaBet players, here are the Wednesday Picks for Monticello. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and yours!   1ST RACE: 1-6-5-3 2ND RACE: 5-1-3-6 3RD RACE: 1-7-4-2 4TH RACE: 1-2-4-9 5TH RACE: 1-5-6-3 6TH RACE: 3-7-5-4 7TH RACE: 6-7-5-1 8TH RACE: 6-1-2-3 9TH RACE: 2-5-1-4 10TH RACE: 7-6-5-2 11TH RACE: 8-3-6-1

Exciting news for our IdaBet players! Saturday, November 25th- 13 races, post time 7:15 pm. What a great racing card as Meadowlands will host the Governor’s Cup Final, Valley Victory Final, Three Diamonds Final, Goldsmith Maid Final, and 4 TVG finals for the older trotters and pacers… Well over $ 2.25 million in purses on ...

Just wanted to drop a quick reminder to our IdaBet players that Charles Town will hold live racing on Thanksgiving night, Thursday, November 23.  First race post time is their usual 7:00pm ET start time.  

For those IdaBet players gearing up for Los Alamitos to start there are some featured races to watch for.  A pair of Grade I races for 2-year-olds and the return of the Grade II, $200,000 Bayakoa Stakes highlight the 2017 Winter meet at Los Alamitos. The 12-day season will begin Thursday, Nov. 30 and continue through ...

Some insights into tonight’s racing program for our IdaBet.com players. (reminder that after this evening. we’re dark for live racing until Sunday, Nov. 26th @ 11:10 AM.  Happy Turkey!)   3RD RACE – (1) FEEL THE DARKSIDE hasn’t embarrassed herself against better. Slips down ladder with ‘for sale’ sign, taken to get a trip behind ‘Amanda.’     4TH ...

Today’s “Lock” is at Western Fair on race 12. The #2- Friskies Cheapsuit-Big Class Drop and equals a win for driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com and good luck today!

For our IdaBet players: Penn National Race Course hosts the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Stakes this coming Wednesday, November 22. The 6-furlong sprint has attracted a strong field of runners including 2015 champion Favorite Tale.  Other contenders include graded stakes winners Stallwalkin’ Dude and Awesome Banner, plus the mid-Atlantic speedster Blu Moon Ace. The ten race card gets started at 6:00pm ET and also features the $100,000 Swatara Stakes and $100,000 Blue Mountain Juvenile ...

Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players. Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. From the “Ayers Above” TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21 Race 1: 3- Global Appeal – Drops in class and could start tonight’s Daily Double. ...

Join us on Tuesday for some racing with Plainridge Park and before you wager here is some  racing news:  In Plainville, MA, Cougar Bait completed his 2-year-old campaign in impressive style, winning four of his last five starts. But too many inconsistent outings and only one win this year led to him become catalog number ...

Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players. Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. From the “Ayers Above” MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20 Race 1: 2- Patient ID – Was a winner two starts back and could strike ...

On June 25th at the Hipodromo de Monterrico race track in Lima, Peru, Birdie Gold, a five-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Birdstone, won the Grade I Classico Pamplona. Thereby setting off a chain of events that has led to Birdie Gold being set to run in Thursday’s Grade III $100,000 Red Carpet Handicap, the first of eight graded ...

 Today’s “Lock” is at Western Fair on race 10. The  #3-  Drops to lowest level and shows 151 speed for driver Bruce Richardson.  Howard’s last lock broke leaving his record now standing at 148 of 237 wins with 38 seconds and 15 thirds. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com and good luck today!

Batavia, NY—Blustery winds driving a hard rain made the track conditions at Batavia Downs less than desirable on Saturday night (Nov. 18), but In Runaway Bay embraced the mailman’s philosophy to win the $10,000 Open Handicap pacing feature at the venerable Genesee County oval. In Runaway Bay (Kevin Cummings) took the lead from post five as ...

We thought our IdaBet players would want to know that on 11/27 & 11/28 Finger Lakes will have a 1st race post time of 11:55am EST. Thanks for your continued support of Finger Lakes and IdaBet!

A lone ticket holder was – in racetrack parlance – “kissed in” to a Pick Six score of $254,441 Sunday afternoon at Del Mar when Lord Admiral, who had finished second in the 9th and final race, was moved up to first after Bold Papa was disqualified from an apparent win for interference with several ...

 Draw schedule changes for Thanksgiving week at Batavia Downs for our IdaBet players is as follows: A double draw will take place on Tuesday (Nov. 21) for race cards to be held on Friday (Nov. 24) and Saturday (Nov. 25). The entry box will close at the normal time of 9 a.m. All program information, including driver changes for Friday’s card, must be submitted to the ...

IdasBet Players: YONKERS, NY, Sunday, November 19, 2017—Odds-on Charmed Life (Yannick Gingras, $3.50) slapped the boys silly again Sunday afternoon (Nov. 19th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s windy $40,000 Open Trot. With ‘only’ a seven-horse field, the weekly trotting feature went at the flat mile, the late-morning opener First-up a week ago, Charmed Life was in play early here. ...

IdaBet Players, be sure and join Zia Park Wednesday, November 22 when they host Land of Enchantment Day featuring the $300,000 Zia Park Oaks and $200,000 Zia Park Derby. The ten race card also includes the $150,000 Zia Park Championship, $75,000 Zia Park Distaff, $75,000 Zia Park Sprint, $140,000 Eddy County Stakes, $150,000 Zia Park Quarter Horse Championship, $140,000 NM Quarter Horse F&M Championship, and $50,000 King ...

Team IdaBet is pleased to offer our players a peek at Yonker’s card for Monday, November 20, 2017 by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director. Listed below are some insights for IdaBet players  into  Monday’s racing program for your wagering consideration:   4TH RACE – (3) LINDYTHEFOURTEENTH has one job here…play ‘catch me if you can.’ If successfully pointed forward, should be ...

Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players. Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. From the “Ayers Above” SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19 Race 1: 5- Major John – Draws into a race where several could win; this ...

 YONKERS, NY, Friday, November 17, 2017—A friendly reminder from Yonkers Raceway that Saturday evening’s (Nov. 18th) Pick 5 wager starts with a carryover of $3,867.20.  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 ...

                           YONKERS, NY, Friday, November 17, 2017—Yonkers Raceway has announced a post time for its upcoming Sunday matinee. –Nov. 19th, first post 11:45 AM (races 2 post 4:35 PM)– That leaves three remaining Sundays (Nov. 26th, ...

MATT DINERMAN NAMED NEW GOLDEN GATE FIELDS ANNOUNCER; AT AGE 25, CALIFORNIA NATIVE BRINGS ENTHUSIASM & DYNAMIC TALENT TO ICONIC FACILITY BEGINNING OPENING DAY, DEC. 26 ‘A HOME RUN FOR GOLDEN GATE FIELDS AND CALIFORNIA RACING’ ARCADIA, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2017)—Effective opening day, Tuesday, Dec. 26, there will be a new voice by the San Francisco Bay, ...

Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players. Remember, due to their draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. From the “Ayers Above” SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18 Race 1: 6- Mandy’s Mattjesty – Was a winner last time out and could strike ...

Del Mar has some Carryovers into Saturday:  Pick 6: $59,400  PK6 Jackpot: $75,510  Super High 5: $18,164 Good luck IdaBet Players!

  OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The Pick 6 eluded bettors for a second straight day on Friday at Aqueduct Racetrack, triggering a two-day carryover of $81,646 into Saturday’s card. The sequence kicked off with Regalian ($6.70) capturing Race 4, followed by Pocket Player ($16.60) and Conquest Expresso ($11). Reckless Humor ($36.20) was the day’s biggest-priced winner, capturing Race ...

AUBURN, Wash. (November 17) – Emerald Downs Racetrack and Casino has announced Tom Harris as the track’s new full-time announcer. Harris, who begins his duties Sunday, April 22, 2018, becomes only the third announcer in the track’s 21-year history. He succeeds Matt Dinerman, who was announced earlier this week as the new voice of Golden Gate ...

Today’s “Lock” is at Western Fair on race 9. The  #2-Macktwowilldew-Beaten Fav will make amends for driver Robert Shepherd.  Yesterday’s Lock won yet again making Howard the Lock’s record now 148 of 235 wins with 38 seconds and 15 thirds. Thank you for choosing IdaBet and good luck!

Bob Baffert-trained Dream Tree, a daughter of Uncle Mo who won her debut at Santa Anita on October 27, was tabbed for morning line favoritism by oddsmaker Russ Hudak on Thursday for Saturday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes. The Arnaz, named for the 1950s band leader and television co-star with wife Lucille Ball, is a seven-furlong sprint ...

With more than one ticket hitting the Pick Six, there is a $62,781 pick six jackpot carryover for today’s card. The Pick Six starts today with race 3.  So wager today with IdaBet!

After competing against Hannelore Hanover, Crazy Wow and Marion Marauder in the Breeders Crown last month, Mambo Lindy returned home to Plainridge Park for his first start in 19 days and won the $14,000 Open Handicap Trot in commanding style on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 16). The strategy was simple for driver Greg Merton; go to the ...

IdaBet Players, today’s “Lock” is at Plainridge on Race 5.  The #6 Mambo Lindy has top driver and top speed which should equal a win today. Yesterday’s “Lock” won making Howard the Lock’s season record now 147 of 234 wins with 38 seconds and 15 thirds.  Pretty good percentage for our Lockster! Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com and ...

Today’s “Lock” is at Pompano Park on race 9.  The #2 Amateur Hour shows 151 speed and drops in class which should equal a strong win for driver Mike Simons. Yesterday’s “Lock” broke and was off the board.  Howard the Lock’s record now stands at 146 of 232 wins with 37 seconds and 15 thirds. Thanks for ...

Today’s Lock is at Northfield Park Race 8.  The #7 Joyfulntriumphant has won 5 of last 6 races and 3 in a row!  A lock tonight will make it 4 with leading driver Aaron Merriman.  Yesterday’s Lock won again making it 5 in a row for our smoking hot Howard the Lock!  His season record ...