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Les Bois Park operators buy out partner
- Oct. 28, 2011 - Les Bois Park Racing — a
partnership of Idaho-based investors Jim
Grigsby, Harry Bettis, Linda Yanke and Larry
Williams — will now own 100 percent of Treasure
Valley Racing LLC, which holds the lease at Les
Bois Park. Previously, Les Bois Park Racing and
Alabama Idaho each owned 50 percent of Treasure
Valley Racing. |
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Return of racing a big hit at Les Bois Park
- July 25, 2011 - On Saturday
night, when there were three major concerts (one
of them free), the finals of a huge rodeo and a
minor league baseball game in town, Les Bois
Park attracted 3,531 spectators for its eight
live horse races. |
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IDABET.COM, CO-PROMOTIONS WITH LES BOIS LEAD TO
IDAHO RACING RESURGENCE - July 19, 2011
- The resurgence of racing in Idaho was not
limited to Sandy Downs. |
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AHC’s 2011 Van Ness Award Presented to Idaho
Horse Industry’s Edith Stanger
- July 7, 2011 - Each year the American Horse
Council awards the Van Ness Award to a person
that embodies the dedication and service of the
late Mrs. Marjorie Van Ness, one of the founders
of the New Jersey Horse Council. The American
Horse Council is pleased to announce that it has
awarded its 2011 Van Ness Award to Edith Stanger
of Idaho Falls, ID. |
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Fans welcome horse racing’s back to Les Bois
Park - July 3, 2011 - After
three years of false starts, false hopes and,
ultimately, no live events, horse racing
returned to Les Bois Park on Saturday evening. A
record crowd of 7,643 showed up for the first
live races since August 2008. |
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Les Bois Park in Boise, Idaho, reopens this
Saturday, July 2, for its first meet since 2008
- June 30, 2011 - Treasure Valley and
Greene are returning American Quarter Horses and
Thoroughbreds for 15 days of racing on the track
that long has been the anchor for racing in the
Intermountain West. |
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JOCKEYS GREENE & BLACK WIN 9 OF 15 RACES AT
SANDY DOWNS OPENING WEEKEND - June 20,
2011 - 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 and jockeys. |
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SANDY DOWNS OFFERS 10% CASH REWARDS ON MOST BETS
DURING SUMMER MEET
- Mixed Thoroughbred & Quarter
Horse Racing Opens June 10
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 Quarter Horse season to bettors using
IdaBet.com and other ADW’s who take the
Idaho Downs card.
IdaBet.com will have live video streaming of
all their races online. |
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Race Card Canceled
- May 29, 2011 - Too much overnight rain plus
morning snow has forced the cancellation of
today's races at Pocatello Downs.
The eight races that included the $14,965 Spring
Classic Quarter Horse Maiden Frolic and the
$33,500 Rocky Mountain Spring Classic Quarter
Horse Futurity, maybe rescheduled as part of
tomorrow's Memorial Day race card, but final
decision have not been made. |
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Les Bois get dates - May 25,
2011 - Live horse racing will return to Ada
County's Les Bois Park on July 2 after the Idaho
State Racing Commission approved the schedule
Wednesday afternoon. Les Bois Park has not held
live races since 2008. |
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A year after Dreaming's big win
- May 17, 2011 - At the moment, it seemed like a
life-changing event. The families of Sherman
Hadley and Mark Brown all clung together ...
mostly smiling, some actually weeping ... after
the long shot Dreaming of Kisses won the
$100,000 Bitterroot Futurity last May at
Pocatello Downs. |
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Three years later, racing returns to Les Bois
Park - Boise, ID - April 24,
2011 - Three years ago, with Les Bois Park
hosting a full summer horse racing season, Dru
Hall’s Emmett stables were a lively place. Forty
horses kept Hall, the leading trainer at the Ada
County racetrack in 2008, plenty busy. But when
Les Bois Park went dark in 2009, Hall’s business
dried up. In a few weeks, the number of horses
dwindled to five, where it remained. |
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Idaho Simulcast betting amendment becomes law
July 1 - Boise, ID - April
23, 2011 - Simulcast betting on horse racing as
well as pari-mutuel betting is already legal in
Idaho. But an amendment to the existing law
signed by Gov. Butch Otter will change the
complexion of simulcast betting by allowing
simulcast facilities to transfer licenses within
the county. |
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Les Bois Live Racing Returns on July 2
- Boise, ID - April 22, 2011 - The Fourth of
July weekend will have a bit more celebrating
this summer as Thoroughbred horse racing returns
to Les Bois Park. Treasure Valley Racing, which
recently won an auctioned lease to operate the
Garden City track, has announced that simulcast
wagering will return to the park on June 1, and
a new season of racing will begin July 2. |
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New leaseholder a positive step in return of
horse racing to Les Bois -
Boise, ID. - April 13, 2011 - Earlier this
month, the Ada County Commissioners awarded a
lease to Treasure Valley Racing, LLC. (TVR), to
operate Les Bois Park through September of 2016. |
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Ada County puts Les Bois horse race track lease
on the auction block - Ada
County commissioners today awarded a lease to
run Les Bois Park to Treasure Valley Racing.
This means there may be a short "live" racing
season at the park this summer. Treasure Valley
Racing has already been working with the county
and has won the backing of horse owners which is
a critical step in getting a state racing
license. They were the only bidder. UPDATED
4-11-2011 |
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Idaho Racing and Simulcast Bills Clear
Legislative Hurdles - AQHA -
April 7, 2011 - Two Idaho bills related to
simulcasting and race dates have cleared the
Senate and House, and are now being considered
by Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, who is
expected will sign them. |
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Idaho horse racing stumbles ... again
- March 15, 2011 - Horse racing in Ada County
just can’t seem to get out of the starting gate.
On Tuesday, the Board of Ada County
Commissioners unanimously rejected the only bid
the county received to operate live and
simulcast horse racing at Les Bois Park. |
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Idaho House panel clears off-track betting plan
- BOISE, ID - March 11, 2011 - A state House
committee passed a plan Friday to expand
off-track betting in Idaho, part of a push by a
horse-racing proponent to increase the
industry's economic viability by allowing
operations in lucrative locations such as Sun
Valley or McCall. |
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Bill
would help expand off-track betting in Idaho
- Feb 22, 2011 - BOISE, Idaho — The news for Idaho
horse racing hasn't been very good since Les Bois
Park in Boise was shuttered in 2009. But a
southwestern Idaho lawmaker thinks he has a
pick-me-up for the industry.
Bloomberg Brief |
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Idaho HBPA move to align Horsemen
- Feb. 18, 2011 - Idaho HBPA statement
from President Mark Buckley Hello horsemen,
The last month has been very eventful and, after two
years of tough times, it appears that it may be time
for some good news. The headlines are: Idaho
Entertainment has vacated the lease at Les Bois
Park, the county commissioners are actively looking
for a new operator to lease the track, there are
potential operators interested in taking the track
over, and the horsemen as a whole seem to be
aligning and working together to return horseracing
to Boise. This is a lot of good news that seems
likely to add up to live racing at Les Bois Park
this year. |
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New Derby Announced at Sandy
Downs, Details of Hawthorne Futurity Set
- Jan. 21, 2011 -
The date and payment schedule for the third running
of the Hawthorne Futurity at Sandy Downs in Idaho
Falls, Idaho, has been announced. The track also
will run a new derby this year. |
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Treasure Valley horse racing
hits new hurdle - Jan. 4,
2011 - Horse racing in the Treasure Valley has been
dealt yet another blow — or maybe not, depending on
whom you talk to. On Friday, Idaho Entertainment LLC
told Ada County it wanted to terminate its lease
agreement to operate horse racing on the county’s
Expo Idaho property. The last time horses ran at the
track was in 2008. |
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