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Friday’s feature was a little on the light side, an allowance/optional claimer for 3-year-old fillies going a mile on the dirt for a purse of $57,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2020

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

Rolled back into another claiming race just four days later, he broke a track record, an unheard-of feat for a claimer.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand