Change the Telerik DateTimePicker element ID, but keep the name - asp.net-mvc

I have a ASP.NET MVC page with multiple forms on it, where each form edits a different instance of the same class. Each form also includes a Telerik DateTimePicker control. What I want is to have the element IDs change, but not the element name. So I have something like this:
string idString = string.Format("MyObject{0}", Model.ID)
#Html.Telerik().DatePickerFor(m => m.SomeDate).HtmlAttributes(new { id = idString + "-SomeDate" })
Now this works mostly fine, except that at the bottom of the page, the auto-generated Javascript that Telerik puts in looks like:
jQuery('#SomeDate').tDateTimePicker({
format:'M/d/yyyy h:mm tt',
minValue:new Date(1899,11,31,0,0,0,0),
maxValue:new Date(2100,0,1,0,0,0,0),
startTimeValue:new Date(2013,3,22,0,0,0,0),
endTimeValue:new Date(2013,3,22,0,0,0,0),
interval:30,
selectedValue:new Date(2013,3,22,11,9,1,180)
});
Note that my idString value didn't get put in. I can try:
#Html.Telerik().DatePickerFor(m => m.SomeDate).Name(idString + "SomeDate")
And this makes the auto-generated Javascript correct (jQuery('#MyObject123-SomeDate')) but now the element name is wrong, so TryUpdateModel fails.
How can I get this to work? Thanks.
EDIT: I hacked this using the following Javascript, but this is a kludgy way to fix this.
$(function () {
window.setTimeout(function () {
for (var i = 0; i < document.getElementsByTagName("input").length; i++) {
var obj = document.getElementsByTagName("input")[i];
if (obj.id.indexOf("SomeDate") == -1)
continue;
obj.name = "SomeDate";
}
}, 150)
});

The solution was to use the Telerik object's .InputHtmlAttributes method.
#Html.Telerik().DatePickerFor(m => m.SomeDate).InputHtmlAttributes(new { id = idString + "-SomeDate" })

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