Monday, December 26 marks the opening of the winter meet at Santa Anita with the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on tap and a Late Pick 4 starting at $400,000.   Gulfstream Park is up and running with a $118,000 carryover on the Pick 6.   Congratulations to our Holiday winners.  Winners have been notified by email for our monthly contest.  ...

On behalf of the Idabet.com team, I want to wish you the very best holiday season and of course the biggest winning year ahead.  Thanks to all of our players that have made our second year of operation a major success.  We must be doing something right, because players are coming from all over the ...

It’s official…warm weather sunny Florida racing action from Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs will be offered to our players all winter.  Of course, you can choose from scores of tracks from across the globe as well as these two popular winter venues.  Gulfstream gives you an early view into the many Derby hopefuls as ...

Happy Holidays at Idabet.com begin with NO DEPOSIT FEES all through December with just a few simple rules.  We will refund all of your deposit fees when you deposit a minimum of $100.  With GreenDot, we will refund your $4.95 fee once daily with a minimum total deposit of $250 daily.  Idabet continues to offer ...

The Idabet.com family wishes your family and Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday Season and while we can’t get our famous Idaho Holiday Potatoes to your dinner table, we do have a couple of Turkey Day treats. Our No Deposit Fee promotion continues through November.  Just make a minimum $10 deposit and we’ll credit your deposit fees within ...

This Saturday’s $1 Million Delta Downs Jackpot has shaped us anything as exciting on Breeders’ Cup Day and proves the racing season is still in high gear.  Bob Baffert will send his two year star DRILL, winner of the Grade I Del Mar Futurity to the post as favorite for this juvenile test. Idabet.com players can ...

Congratulations to our lucky winners of our Kickoff to the Holidays giveaway last week.  You will be receiving your gift shortly.  Don’t thank Melissa or Steve this time around, just thank the little jockey running around inside the computer that selected our winners. The following winners can now avoid the lines of Black Friday: Jack J., Port ...

CHECK YOUR SPAM MAIL…DON’T MISS OUR EMAILS We send out E-Mail blasts reoutinely and they offer great specials and offers.  You don’t want to miss any of Idabet.com’s players news, so be sure you check your Spam or Junk Mail to see if our mail landed there. Better yet, make sure you change your email controls ...

Congratulations to the players tip sheet MINNESOTA CUP MAGIC by Rick K. of Blaine Minnesota.  Rick scored 17 points edging Justin P. of Staten Island, NY with 15 points and David G. “Louisiana Lightning” of Mandeville, LA with 14 points.  Rick actually made all of his selections on Wednesday night. He got off to  fast ...

NO DEPOSIT FEES IN NOVEMBER Idabet is giving thanks to our players EVERYDAY in NOVEMBER with NO DEPOSIT FEES.  We want to thank you for your support and our continued growth.  Idabet owned by horsemen is committed to live racing and your business helps give live racing a brighter future.  More importantly, we are doing everything ...

It’s a Halloween Mnnster Mash with Trifectas at Selected tracks this weekend (Oct. 29-30).  We will reward you an extra 2% cash rewards on all Trifectas from the following tracks: Harness: Dover, Batavia, Colonial, Pompano and Pocono;  Thoroughbreds:  Parx, Suffolk and Delta Downs.  Your extra bonus will be posted within 24 hours of your wagers.  Choose ...

BET THE BREEDERS’ CUP We’ll have all the action of the Breeders’ Cup for you right here on Idabet.com.  You can watch and wager on all the races that will crown the divisional championships on both Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4.  Look for our Breeders’ Cup specials in a couple of days. NEW IDABET.COM PLAYERS ...

Four Rivals For Black Caviar A multiple Group 1-winning sprinter will be among Black Caviar’s rivals in the most anticipated support race of Cox Plate Day Wednesday, 19 October 2011 A multiple Group 1-winning sprinter will be among Black Caviar’s rivals in the most anticipated support race of Cox Plate Day. Black Caviar’s quest for a 15th straight win ...

The Last Player Standing wins $200 in our exclusive contest with Delta Downs this Friday, October 21.  To enter, you simply need to pick one horse in races 1 through 9 on Friday’s card.  We’ll tally  up the results and the player who selects the most winners gets $200 credited to their account.  Runner up ...

FINAL WEEKEND FOR NO DEPOSIT FEES;  IDABET CONTINUES TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR TRANSACTIONS IDABET.COM SAVES YOU EVERYDAY ON DEPOSIT FEES AND STILL MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REWARDS   Our current promotion offering No Deposit fees concludes on Sunday.  Until Congress clarifies the banking law that prohibits illegal offshore gambling  that is not to be confused with American based online horse ...

We have received preliminary agreements with Churchill Downs for the Breeders’ Cup Championships of Racing on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 & 5.  You can watch and wager on all the great races of the year over the two day event right here on IdaBet.com.  Look for special announcements on the Breeders’ Cup on this ...

IdaBet.com is pleased to announce NO DEPOSIT FEES through October 16.  We will reimburse you for your deposit fees within 24 hours.  Be sure you check out our new easy and convenient funding options on both credit and debit cards.  We are working hard to make it as simple as possible while the industry continues ...

Idabet.com is closing in on another record month, thanks to you our loyal players.  We’re celebrating by covering your deposit fees for Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 28-30.  We’ll reimburse your fees the next day directly to your account.  We know thing are tough all over and wherever we can help out, we are so glad ...

Idabet.com is running a fabulous promotion the weekend of September 23-25.  We have selected 8 tracks both thoroughbreds and harness that are among the better tracks for top rewards…and they’ve bonused that even more.  Choose your track and we’ll reward you 7% for all Win and Place bets and a whopping 11% on all Trifectas. It’s ...

UNDERSTANDING CREDIT & DEBIT DEPOSITS As many of you are aware, changes were made by Congress to stop illegal gambling online by preventing credit and debit cards from being used by players.  However, many banks read this law to affect how online wagering, even legal sites like Idabet.com.  As a result many players across the country ...

We’ve extended our September Stretch Run promotion for Free Deposits through Sunday, Oct. 2.  Your deposits will be credited to your account the next day. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAJOLLA FAMOSA, WAYWARD WINGS, EYE YIN FURY SCORE IN SANDY DOWNS TRIALS Duo Leading Contenders for Hawthorne Futurity and Hadtobenuts Derby IDABET.COM, CO-PROMOTIONS WITH 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 ...

SEE SELECTIONS BY TRACK PR WHIZ CHRIS SOBOCINSKI AT THE END OF THE STORY 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 ...

Q-ACES RACING SEMINAR SATURDAY AT SANDY DOWNS Free Bets, Happy Hour, Live Music, Family Fun as Racing Season Hits the Homestretch   Racing for the 2011 season at Sandy Downs heads into the homestretch this Friday and Saturday with another weekend packed with quarter horse and thoroughbred racing, family fun and giveaways.  Gates open at 5 p.m. each day with ...

TRIALS FOR SANDY DOWNS STAKES SET FOR FRIDAY; IDABET.COM OFFERS WAGERING ON LES BOIS PARK   Sandy Downs will feature trials for Sandy Downs two big stakes races the $32,000 Hawthorne Futurity and the $24,000 Hadtobenuts Derby this Friday as the only race day of the week at the Idaho Falls track.  Leading trainer Brett Vickery sends out Country ...

FANS ARE THE WINNERS AS IDAHO RACING WORK TOGETHER WATCH AND WAGER LES BOIS’ PARK LIVE HORSE RACES ON IDABET.COM   Last week before a banner crowd, live horse racing returned to Les Bois Park in Boise ending a three year hiatus.  This week, for the first time, Idaho players can watch and wager on Les Bois from any ...

BOOK SIGNING AT SANDY DOWNS HONORS THE GREAT EARL SANDE Family Fun and Giveaways Headline Friday and Saturday Action   Following a holiday break, racing returns to Sandy Downs this Friday and Saturday with post time at 6 p.m. (MDT) Another weekend of festivities and giveaways are on tap including a book signing by writer Richard Maturi of his novel ...

NIKEELA BLACK WINS 3 MORE INCLUDING STAKES Denny and Sandy Weigt’s Illtacmanhattan remained undefeated in five starts by capturing the $44,010 John Deere Sandy Downs Challenge Finals for two-year-old quarterhorses at 350 yards at Sandy Downs on Saturday.  With hot jockey Nikeela Black aboard, the filly went wire to wire in 17.579 in a field of eight.  Trained ...

Melissa and her best gal pal Ida are at it again…another cash giveaway!  They are offering $100 CASH to the player who bets the most on any of the Idabet.com tracks (total wagers for Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25) AND another Benjamin Franklin to the bettor who bets the most on the Sandy ...

Preview for Weekend of June 24 Q-Racing Aces Seminar, Cash Giveaways, Championship Finals at Sandy Downs Earlier Post Time of 5:30 each day   For bettors who want to use their brain instead of just betting numbers and colors at Sandy Downs are encouraged to attend the Q-Racing Aces Seminar at the track on Saturday, June 25 at 5p.m.  The Q-Racing ...

JOCKEY DIRK CRANE WINS 5 OF 7 RACES AT SANDY DOWNS Sets Track Record Aboard Lutyens   There were no surprise winners with jockey Dirk Crane on Friday at Sandy Downs in Idaho Falls as he made five trips to the winners circle out of the seven race card.  In the seventh race riding Lutyens, the track record for ...

JOCKEYS GREENE & BLACK WIN 9 OF 15 RACES AT SANDY DOWNS OPENING WEEKEND Track attracts out of state fans via the Internet   You could have thrown out all of your handicapping skills and still won 9 of the 15 races on opening weekend at Sandy Downs in Idaho Falls by just betting your favorite combination of colors ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Horse racing returns to Idaho Falls on June 10th with live Thoroughbred and Quarter horse racing at Sandy Downs.  Twelve days of racing are scheduled for the 2011 season with full wagering at the country style race park.  Horses from the Intermountain Region, Northwest, and the Midwest are expected to compete.  Jim Bernard, President and General Manager of ...

The small fair-like race meet at Sandy Downs in Idaho Falls, Idaho will be paying back big cash rebates to online and phone bettors during this summer’s meet that opens Friday, June 10.  The track will rebate 10% on all win, place and exotic wagers over its 12-day mixed Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse season to bettors using ...

For the month of June, all IdaBet.com players will receive an ADDITIONAL 3% CASH REWARD BONUS on all bets from Canada’s Woodbine Race Course and Mohawk Raceway.  Woodbine will be running thoroughbreds Wednesdays at 6:45pm EDT, Thursdays and Fridays at 2pm and Saturday and Sundays at 1pm.  Mohawk features the trotters and pacers going to ...

RACING RETURNS TO SANDY DOWNS JUNE 10th! Thoroughbreds and Quarter horses in Action Horse racing returns to Idaho Falls on June 10th with live Thoroughbred and Quarter horse racing at Sandy Downs.  Twelve days of racing are scheduled for the 2011 season with full wagering at the country style race park.  Horses from the Intermountain Region, Northwest, and the ...

As we know, all of our Idabet players are the most astute gamblers in the country.  In fact, I bet none of you lose (isn’t that what all handicappers say) ha ha…But seriously, coming up on June 10, I really think a rare opportunity is to happen for our players.  Idabet.com’s parent operates the Sandy ...

PREAKNESS UPDATE   Reprinted from the Batlimore Sun Of the past 20 Derby winners, just seven followed it up by winning the Preakness. Some of the contenders quickly faded away, never to be heard from again. For example, last year’s Derby winner, Super Saver, went into the Preakness as a 19-10 favorite. He finished eighth and ran ...

Almost all of the stories this week leading up to the Preakness which you can bet on Idabet.com has been about the state of racing in Maryland.  Before we go there, it appears most of the top handicappers are showing their respect to Animal Kingdom in the race tomorrow.  I’ll take a look at the race and ...