claiming race
nounDefinition of claiming race
: a horse race in which each entry is offered for sale for a specified price that must be deposited before the race
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Leucothia, who won a maiden-claiming race by 14½ lengths under jockey Abel Cedillo, runs in the Del Mar Debutante. — Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, "This week at Golden Gate Fields, Aug. 29-Sept. 2," 28 Aug. 2019 Baker picked up a 1-2 finish with Cool Hunter and The Public Halo in Race 5, a $5,000 claiming race, and Specht campaigned the top two finishers in Race 7, an allowance event won by Miss Super Saint. — Los Angeles Times, "Racing! Remembering Arrogate’s stellar Travers," 22 Aug. 2019 Basically, every race is either a maiden or claiming race. — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, "Racing! Welcome back Colonial Downs," 8 Aug. 2019 He was scheduled to run last Sunday in a $12,500 claiming race, among the lowest-quality races run at Santa Anita. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, "After another horse death at Santa Anita, Hall of Fame trainer Hollendorfer is banned," 22 June 2019 Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding, died after suffering an injury in a $10,000 claiming race. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, "After another horse death at Santa Anita, Hall of Fame trainer Hollendorfer is banned," 22 June 2019 The formula is not complicated: more races for bettors, including more claiming races for lower-level horses, and aggressive lobbying of trainers to get their horses out of the barn and into the entry box. — Corina Knoll, New York Times, "Why So Many Horses Have Died at Santa Anita," 26 June 2019 Hollendorfer lost the first horse that died at Santa Anita during the recent season when Psychedelicat had to be put down Dec. 30 after a claiming race on the dirt. — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, "Hall of fame horse trainer says he wasn’t warned before being banned," 26 June 2019 American Currency had finished last, beaten by 28½ lengths, in a $25,000 claiming race May 17 at Santa Anita. — Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, "Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, banned at two tracks, has his horses on the move," 23 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'claiming race.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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