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OK, the feature is the seventh a 6 ½ furlong allowance/optional claimer for older horses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2020

It’s a one mile allowance/optional claimer on the turf for 3-year-old fillies, which really means 2-year-olds who are three days into their new age.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 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 feature on Friday’s turf-less card was a six-furlong allowance/optional claimer for horses running for a purse of $53,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2019

With no one on the grounds the least bit interested in watching a claimer, the horse proceeded to work six furlongs in an unbelievably fast 1:11%.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand