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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

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

The class towers above the rest of these so why not swing in this low-level claimer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2019

Second-level allowance/optional claimer going one mile on turf and this sophomore filly from the Bob Hess stable might be able to take them all the way on the front end.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2019

“It is difficult to give him a rating above a $5,000 plater,” wrote one journalist, using the synonym for claimer.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand