Cheapest claimer to win a Grade 1 race
 

Just wondering if a horse claimed for less then $10k has ever won a Grade 1 race? If so, what is the cheapest claim to get the job done?

I think Dearest Trickski cost around that amount and won a grade 1 and grade 2 this past year. It can happen.

Debonair Joe ran for 12,500. Maybe lower.

Wow you guys gotta get out of the Fantastic USA:D
Takeover Target purchased for a mere $1,500
has now Won over 5 million & still going

Hacker Craft

:D

That John Henry guy did pretty good...

Long time ago, but Seabiscuit was bottom of the barrel.

anyone remember a horse named "Lord of the Game"? ( 2004? )

He was in a 10k maiden race, won by over 20 lengths was, claimed ( maybe Tomillo ) and at least ran in, or maybe won some graded races.

best was a Grade 2, I think the Cornhusker. Tomillo fried him though. Horse had a bowed tendon and ran him like three times in 30 days...

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?

C&P from an old article online:


Xtra Heat was first sold as a weanling by Pope McLean, agent for $9,100 at the 1998 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, where she was purchased by Hartley/De Renzo.

Summerfield, agent, was listed as the consignor when Scott Loring, agent bid $4,700 for her at the 1999 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August yearling sale. She next sold for $5,000 at the 2000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May horses of racing age sale at Timonium. Consigned by Winterberry Farm, agent, she was purchased by her current trainer, John Salzman.

Salzman, who did not have her x-rayed because of a shipping timing conflict, was unaware that the filly had spots in the bones of both hind legs that had not filled.

"We got her for $5,000," Salzman told the Baltimore Sun. "I figured let's take a chance. She was a good-looking filly that we got cheap. We were just buying horses."

Even Salzman offered Xtra Heat for sale by placing her in a $25,000 claiming race on June 30, 2000 at Laurel Park. She won by a neck, earned $8,550, and has raced exclusively in the stakes ranks since.

Steve, Hilton Head is in Beaufort County. Jasper County is close by as well, but unsure if there are OTB's in either counties.

Just gonna stay on the island I guess. Best find was a 'spirit store' selling 18 paks for $16. Beats the hell out of $6 dollar beers at the pool.

Oh and thanks Kev and no car so we're all good lol

Atta boy. Ya'll have a blast.

Another interesting HHI tidbit. Eddie Maple and his wife run the Equestrian Center at Rose Hill Plantation, just off HHI. I wanted to stop by on my last visit to HHI but unfortunately ran out of time.

Probably the Jacksonville Dog Track in Florida. Seriously. I don't think there's any OTB's in SC or GA at all.

Though he didn't win a grade 1, he came close 2nd in the BC Sprint. Bluesthestandard was a 10K claimer many times.

But wasn't Bluesthestandard a 10k claimer AFTER he accomplished that?

Oh, I just love that whole story!! I root for him everytime he runs.

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.