Want some HOT insider picks?  Exclusively for IdaBet.com players – where you continue to get up-to-date information on the tracks you like to play.  We will continue to grow this ever-expanding Player News Blog to incorporate track tips, insider picks and handicapping selections from around the world.  Are we missing your favorite track?  Drop us an ...

Tampa Bay Downs post times for Saturday, March 12 are as follows:   1 12.23 2 12.54 3 1.24 4 1.54 5 2.24 6 2.54 7 3.24 8 3.54 9 4.24 10 4.54 11 5.24 12 5.54     The card includes: 36th running of the (Gr. II) $350,000 Guaranteed Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (Race 11) (Gr. II) $200,000 Guaranteed The Hillsborough Stakes featuring BC Mile winner, Tepin (Race 10) (Gr. III) $200,000 Guaranteed Florida Oaks (Race 8) Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com!  

Play the Quarters at Los Alamitos on Saturday, March 12th for exciting racing action!  All of us at IdaBet.com are excited to offer our players an additional 3% in cash rewards on exotic wagers on Saturday.  In addition to extra bonus cash, you get free gear while supplies last. Details can be found here. Les Onaka’s ...

We want our IdaBet players to know that on a festive Saturday (March 12) evening under clear skies and flags from 11 different nations gracing the Pompano Park winner’s circle, the Isle International Amateur Driving Championship got underway with drivers from nine European countries, New Zealand and the United States in the limelight. New Zealand’s Danny ...

We wanted our IdaBet.com players to know that due to severe flooding, Harrah’s Louisiana Downs has cancelled live racing Saturday March 12th thru Wednesday March 16th. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com!

We wanted you to know about the excitement of owners Jack and Maria Rice as they celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary on Saturday night (March 12) and their pacer, China Dream, gave them a great gift by posting a 1-3/4 length victory over Babe’s I Scoot in the featured $10,000 Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway. China ...

We want our IdaBet players to know that odds-on choice Rockeyed Optimist rolled to the front and never looked back en route to his third consecutive win in Saturday (March 12) night’s $25,000 Open Handicap Pace at The Meadowlands, and handle exceeded $3 million for the 12th time in the last 13 cards at the ...

We wanted our valued IdaBet.com players to know that there are a few program changes at Sunland Park.  Please keep these in mind as you make your wagers. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! PROGRAM CHANGES March 12, 2016 Weather: Sunny 73 Post: 1:30 MST Track: Fast Race 1 – # 5 Oscar Cordova, # 8 + 2, Scratch # 11, Scratch # 12 Race ...

We want our valued IdaBet.com players to know about a nice Pick Six carrover at Santa Anita today, March 13th. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com and directing your play our way! PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $166,118 INTO SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA; TOTAL PICK SIX POOL EXPECTED TO APPROACH $750,000 There is a Pick Six carryover into Sunday’s races at Santa ...

We are happy to share the San Carlos Stakes Quotes with our IdaBet.com players for your wagering consideration on Santa Anita. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! SAN CARLOS STAKES QUOTES Saturday March 12, 2016 JOCKEY QUOTES   GARY STEVENS, KOBE’S BACK, WINNER: “It was the best he’s ever broken. I’ve been aboard him in a couple of workouts in the mornings, before ...

We are pleased to offer our IdaBet players the San Felipe Stakes Quotes for your future wagering considerations at Santa Anita. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! SAN FELIPE STAKES QUOTES Saturday March 12, 2016 JOCKEY QUOTES MIKE SMITH, DANZING CANDY, WINNER: “He warmed up great, he was on his toes. Our game plan was to put him on the lead unless ...

A Bettor’s March Madness for IdaBet.com customers.  Get Lucky and play Turfway Park and thank you for your continued loyalty and support. Bret Battaglia’s Picks for Saturday, Mar. 12th on the 10 card race at Turfway are listed below.  Bret has been pretty hot lately and it is our pleasure to pass these selections along ...

Hey IdaBet players, quotes and insight for your wagering considerations at Santa Anita. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! FRANK E. KILROE MILE QUOTES Saturday March 12, 2016 (Benoit Photo)   JOCKEY QUOTES   KENT DESORMEAUX, WHAT A VIEW, WINNER: “Well from the ‘View’ I had everyone was going for the lead and this guy loves that; the faster, the better. I thought that if ...

Team IdaBet is pleased to offer our players some insight from the Santa Anita Handicap. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com and directing your play to Santa Anita! SANTA ANITA HANDICAP QUOTES Saturday March 12, 2016   (Benoit Photo) JOCKEY QUOTES   JOE TALAMO, MELATONIN, WINER: “What a tremendous effort. I think I need some Melatonin right now to calm down from it. Dave and ...

Saturday night’s 15 card race is looking to be a great one for IdaBet.com players! Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players.  Remember that due to Northfield’s draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. IdaBet.com continually offers the best ...

IdaBet has teamed up with Ed Golden to offer his Santa Anita Stable Notes to IdaBet players for their wagering consideration. Thanks for directing your play to Santa Anita and for choosing IdaBet.com! SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SATURDAY MARCH 12, 2016   Havanna Belle                                              (Benoit Photo)     HAVANNA BELLE TACKLES MALES IN SAN LUIS REY ESPINOZA TO RECEIVE WOOLF AWARD ON SUNDAY PENWITH ...

With a deluge that resulted in approximately one inch of rainfall between 2 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. PT, Santa Anita officials announced that racing would be cancelled as a result of the downpour following Friday’s sixth race. –Refunds will be paid on all Late Pick Four wagers, the Pick Six, and all rolling Pick Threes involving ...

Ed Golden and IdaBet have teamed up to offer our players Ed’s Stable Notes.  We hope this insight will help as you consider your wagering opportunities. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Friday March 11, 2016   Donworth   DONWORTH COULD BE THE ONE TO CATCH IN BIG ’CAP IT’S SMITH’S CALL ON DANZING CANDY IN SAN FELIPE BEST IS YET ...

The Quarters at Los Alamitos resume racing on Friday, March 11 and all of us at IdaBet.com are excited to offer our players an additional 3% in cash rewards on exotic wagers Friday and Saturday.  In addition to extra bonus cash, you get free gear while supplies last. Details can be found here. Les Onaka’s picks ...

IdaBet.com is pleased to offer our IdaBet valued players the Meadowlands TripNotes for Friday & Saturday, March 11 & 12, 2016.  We appreciate your feedback and hope you can use this information to assist in your wagering considerations. If you played the Meadowlands in February exclusively at IdaBet.com you won free gear while supplies lasted!  Winning ...

Good morning IdaBet.com mates; Australia and New Zealand racing continues for your wagering enjoyment.  Team IdaBet is happy to pass along overnights and PPs when available for select tracks running in Australia and New Zealand .  And do not forget that $500 bucks is up for grabs every Wednesday exclusively at IdaBet.com with our IdaMatch ...

Thank you for participating in our IdaBet.com Fonner Park Promotion!  We love our IdaBet.com players and we love to reward you with additional cash bonuses and branded gear when available from the tracks you love to play!  Promotion details here. We have also provided Fonner Park Blue Sheets – expert selections for Fonner Park exclusively for ...

We wanted to let our Meadowlands/IdaBet.com players know that if you participated in our Meadowlands promo and were a winner for Free Gear…those prizes are being mailed out this week from our Idaho business office and will be on their way to you in a day or two! In other Meadowlands news:  New Post Time Begins ...

Our IdaBet.com Meadowlands players are going to love this!  IdaBet.com is pleased to announce that the Meadowlands Racetrack has entered into an agreement with RCN to upgrade their simulcast distribution to high definition, replacing their existing standard definition distribution in North America on DISH and worldwide for PCs, Tablets and Mobile devices.  The timeline for the ...

A Bettor’s March Madness for IdaBet.com customers.  Get Lucky and play Turfway Park and thank you for your continued loyalty and support. Bret Battaglia’s Picks for Friday, Mar. 11th on the 10 card race at Turfway are listed below.  Bret has been pretty hot lately and it is our pleasure to pass these selections along ...

We wante you to know that Cold Certified gave the field in the $9,000 featured trot at Buffalo Raceway the ‘cold’ shoulder in the stretch on Friday night (March 11) and romped to a convincing 2-3/4 length win over Winkys Pride in 1:59.1 over the good track. Jim Morrill Jr., who guided Cold Certified to the ...

The Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi’s Sayitall BB ($5.80) made all the pace in Friday (March 11) evening’s featured $13,000 distaff pace at The Meadowlands, earning her first win of 2016 in 1:51.2 over fast going in the night’s 11th event.  Also, for the 11th time in 12 programs, punters wagered over $3 million ...

Our IdaBet.com players need to know that just last week, Steve Elliott trainee Rockeyed Optimist held off Dovuto Hanover and Take It Back Terry for a 1:50.2 triumph in a $25,000 Open Pace at The Meadowlands.  The competition heats up even more for the 5-year-old Rocknroll Hanover gelding this Saturday (March 12) night, as he’ll ...

Hey IdaBet.com players, we wanted you to know about some program changes at Sunland Park. Thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! PROGRAM CHANGES March 11, 2016 Weather: Sunny 72 Post: 1:30 MST Track: Fast Race 1 – # 8 Glen Murphy, Scratch # 9, Scratch # 10 Race 2 – NO Changes Race 3 – Scratch # 5 Race 4 – # 4 + 2, Scratch # ...

Good afternoon IdaBet.com players and thanks for checking in at IdaBet Player News.  With the Delta Downs meet drawing to a close, we would like to thank you for supporting Delta Downs and IdaBet.com with your business.  We appreciate you very much! Listed below are Jackpot’s picks for the card at Delta Downs.  Remember, you can ...

Thank you for participating in our IdaBet.com Fonner Park Promotion!  We love our IdaBet.com players and we love to reward you with additional cash bonuses and branded gear when available from the tracks you love to play!  Promotion details here. We have also provided Fonner Park Blue Sheets – expert selections for Fonner Park exclusively for ...

You read it first here on IdaBet’s Player News Blog and thanks for choosing IdaBet.com! Breaking from the rail, favored Illuminant showed good tactical speed and took command turning for home to take Thursday’s $60,000 Santa Anita allowance feature by 4 ½ lengths under Flavien Prat while negotiating one mile on turf in 1:35.36. Owned by Eclipse ...

Hey IdaBet players, with no clear cut standout, Uruguayan-bred mare Gaga A looms the horse to beat in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes at Santa Anita.  With a field of 12 older horses, including 4-year-old filly, Havanna Belle engaged to contest a mile and one half on turf, the San Luis Rey ...

For our IdaBet player’s viewing pleasure, we are happy to announce that Golden Gate Fields on March 17 will begin to broadcast its races using high-definition cameras and video, The Stronach Group has announced. The new HD Golden Gate signal also will feature three new cameras: one on the starting gate, a camera near the walking ...

Amateur driver Dein Spriggs is looking forward to this weekend’s Isle International Amateur competition at Pompano Park this weekend. “This competition will be highly competitive–yet friendly–with eyes throughout the world on our sport in this highly anticipated event.” Indeed. The seven race competition–four races on Saturday and three on Sunday–will feature the best amateur drivers from nine European ...

Amateur driver Dein Spriggs is looking forward to this weekend’s Isle International Amateur competition at Pompano Park this weekend. “This competition will be highly competitive–yet friendly–with eyes throughout the world on our sport in this highly anticipated event.” Indeed. The seven race competition–four races on Saturday and three on Sunday–will feature the best amateur drivers from nine European ...

IdaBet has teamed up with Ed Golden to offer his Santa Anita Stable Notes for our valued IdaBet.com players.  Thanks for choosing to wager on Santa Anita and directing your play the IdaBet way! SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Thursday March 10, 2016   SMITH EYES FOURTH STRAIGHT BIG ’CAP VICTORY BAFFERT HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SAN FELIPE TRAINER ...

IdaBet.com players; as America’s first Triple Crown Champion jockey in 37 years, Victor Espinoza helped Thoroughbred racing project a positive image far beyond the confines of the Thoroughbred industry throughout 2015, thus elevating the sport’s exposure and acceptance to a level perhaps not seen since the 1970s.  Accordingly, Espinoza, a 43-year-old native of Mexico City, ...

We wanted our IdaBet.com players to know with recency on his side, graded stakes winner Calculator will head a field of eight in Saturday’s Grade II, $300,000 San Carlos Stakes going seven furlongs on the main track. CALCULATOR: After a 13-month layoff, trainer Peter Miller’s Calculator returned to the track and the Winner’s Circle in impressive ...

Top turf horses Bolo, Bal a Bali and Om headline a field of seven older horses in Saturday’s Grade I, $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (turf) at Santa Anita.  Named for the late Frank E. (Jimmy) Kilroe, Santa Anita’s innovative, longtime Director of Racing, the Kilroe will be run for the 57th time on Saturday.   BOLO:  ...

We knew our IdaBet.com players would want to know that Keith Desormeaux’s Exaggerator and Bob Baffert’s Mor Spirit headline a talented group of seven three-year-olds in Saturday’s Grade II, $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at     1 1/16 miles.  In addition to the top two, unbeaten California-bred Smokey Image and rapidly improving sophomores Uncle Lino and Danzing Candy ...

We wanted our IdaBet.com players to know that Trainer Jimmy Jerkens’ talented Effinex, along with sharp local contenders Imperative and Donworth, head a field of nine older horses set to go a mile and a quarter in Saturday’s 79th running of the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Handicap. America’s longest continually run “hundred grander,” the ...

Good afternoon IdaBet.com players.  Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided exclusively for online IdaBet.com customers.  Please remember due to the draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. Thanks for playing tonight on this 15 card race and don’t forget to play ...

Happy Hump Day IdaBet.com players.  Play Pompano tonight; this 9 card race is shaping up nicely and our man John Berry has been working late to compile his Berry Pickin’s report for your wagering consideration. Remember, when you play Pompano on Wednesdays in March, you can earn up to $50 and $450 more on select tracks ...

We thought you would want to know Missevil showed she was plenty good in Buffalo Raceway’s $8,200 featured pace for the mares on Wednesday night (March 9) as she enjoyed a perfect pocket trip to earn a half length victory over Dontch Remember in 1:56.3 over the fast track. On a perfect night for racing with ...

Good morning IdaBet.com players and thanks for checking in at IdaBet Player News.  With the Delta Downs meet drawing to a close, we would like to thank you for supporting Delta Downs and IdaBet.com with your business.  We appreciate you very much! Listed below are Jackpot’s picks for the card at Delta Downs.  Remember, you can ...

We wanted to remind our great IdaBet.com players that Sam Houston TB meet closes tonight with Quarter Horse Racing starting up later this month! On this closing day there are 12 races; 6 on turf and the following wagering options:  P4  Races 3-6 and 9-12 & P5  Races 2-6 and 8-12 and finally High 5 Races 1, 6 ...

Tuesday night’s 15 card race is looking to be a great one! Northfield Track Announcer Ayers Ratliff’s free handicapping tips are provided for our IdaBet.com players.  Remember that due to Northfield’s draw schedule, picks are made in advance and do not account for scratches or late driver changes. Have a great work week and thanks for ...

Good morning IdaBet.com players and thanks for checking in with Player News – exclusively on IdaBet.com where you continue to get up-to-date information on the tracks you like to play.  We will continue to grow this ever-expanding Player News Blog to incorporate track tips, insider picks and handicapping selections from around the world.  Are we missing ...

Team IdaBet.com players, just a quick reminder…Sam Houston Race Park first post time for tomorrow, Tuesday, march 8th is 12:30 PM Central.  Tuesday is closing day for the Sam Houston thoroughbred meet and they will host a 12-race card. Also, since Tuesday is closing day, any Pick 5 or Super Hi Five carryover will be forced ...