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The O’Neill barn picked up the gelding five races ago in a claimer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2020
He has won two of five including his last two races, a starter optional claimer and a maiden claimer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2019
The other is an allowance/optional claimer for Cal-bred fillies and mares going 5 ½ furlongs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
The feature on Friday was an allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares going six furlongs for a purse of $45,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
Whitey had a good claimer named Pickpocket that caught Johnson’s eye; Whitey was equally enamored of Woolf’s riding.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
