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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
Zuzanna was an $8,000 claimer last year when Kurt and Brian Ferguson and Jeffrey Lambert headed the group that bought the mare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 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
On that date, Stagehand’s 100-pound impost was justified; he was only two years old, had never won or even run particularly well in any race, and he was about to begin 1938 as a claimer.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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