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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
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
Win jockey Tiago hops back on and they dropped the horse into this claimer for the paycheck. 12-1 morning line is great value with Tiago returning.
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
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
