yes, he was claimed by Ted West for 50k.

[quote=dellinger63]Invasor??? don't think he was open to the claim but was bought for cheap if I'm remembering right......

Anyone know the closest OTB to Hilton Head Island?[/quote]

As others have said, nothing in SC, GA and you're at Hilton Head Island anyway man so forgetaboutit and take a break. What a great place to kick back, truely paradise.

Enjoy....I'm jealous. I'm four hours from there but have not been to any beach in two years.....gotta go soon!

Spyder

debonair joe was actually a fast race horse who just never wanted to win, I guess it was just a matter of finding the right trainer;)

You might have had your last root. No pun intended

And then eventually I think Kristen Munhall bought him for like 7500 or something and retired him

Another "intersting" topic-- G1 winners that became cheap claimers.

Lusty Latin has been running for a tag for years now...

a board favorite "Shake You Down"

Speaking of Ted West, one of the great alltime claims had to be Budroyle, half to double BC champ Tiznow. Not bad!

Budroyle accomplished a lot on the track too..... shouldnt be known just for his brother!! :)

True, I didn't mean to imply he didn't. He was a very, very good horse in his own right.

He is a full sibling to Tiznow.

This is a fun topic to google- so far I found an article about Cetewayo, who ran in a $13,000 claimer, and went on to win a G1 at age 8!

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=1341466

And this article from 1993, about Jerkins, says in 1973, he took two cheap claimers and won G1s with both of them, but it didn't say who they were:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...pagewanted=all

Thanks, I knew they were related just not that close.

there was a horse in the mid 80s out in socal by the name of skip out front.

he was once running for something like 5k at some podunk tracks in the east somewhere and when switched to turf became a top class runner. i think he won the eddie read one year.