Do you have a favorite Claimer?
 

Mine is Sinbad the Sailor.

On Sunday the 11 year old will make his 93 start and he still tries hard managing to pick up a check most of the time. Good luck Sinbad!

Good luck to him!

My list is waaaaay too long but first one that comes to mind is the illustrious and very, very fast Mr. Shortcake.

Not the greatest horse who ever lived but I'm a fan.

Mine is Pamela Andersen even thru viral disease she manages to be smokin hot and ULTRA Doable whenever in public. Plus who can't remember those G1 tapes of her and Tommy?

If they were G1 videos does she belong in this thread? :p

Iron Gavel.. among about 100 others..

Mine was always Chokesondick. She always gave it everything she could.

My fav was Diligent Gambler...then again I am partial as I was part owner and he won more races in 2006 than any horse in USA

Ron,

DG was a great warrior !

I'm kind of partial to Zippy Chippy's 100-0-8-12 record.

He's not always been a claiming horse, but I've followed Spooky Mulder for some time.

84 Starts, 34 Wins, 17 Places, 4 Shows
Career Earnings: $949,468 (as of 5/30/09)

Some things I've read on this site have caused me concern about whether he's running past the point of where its safe for him to do so, but I have to admit that I don't know enough about the particulars in his case (nor, frankly, about horse care in general) to hold that opinion myself. If he runs again at Delaware, I hope I get the chance to see him.

Miesques Approval:rolleyes:

you bastard!!:D :rolleyes:

I meant pre-Wolfson of course
:p
:tro:

I'm a big fan of Kickin N Screamin... and Pills!

What a beautiful photo!

Sindbad the Sailor raced in the Saratoga MSW that was won by Macho Uno. Not sure why I recall that, but there you are.

I love old Spooky and in his day Arromanches. There are alot of old timers in KY that just seem to keep on going forever.

Call the Marines at Monmouth.

Boom Towner.

Diligent Gambler and Arromanches were both awesome too. Hard knockers, game old campaigners.

Federal Funds, Jacksonport, Lottsa Talc, Moonopoly. Back when horses actually ran enough to instill a reason to love and follow.

There was an old boy who used to show up at Charles Town all the time by the name of Longfield Spud. Mostly ran in low level stuff, but always had guts and would even make the occasional WV-bred stakes appearance.

Well said.. and a nice list.. Federal Funds and Jacksonport ran in just about every spot imaginable.

There was a claimer that used to run in socal named Abergwaun Lad. He was a fast win machine that was extremely popular in the claim box.

His record was 33 starts, 16 wins, 4 seconds and 5 thirds, with his last four starts all being awful OTB performances.

Those two are mine too! :)

Heard she recently retired.....:p

Afleet Buck. He ran in Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa for a while. Now running out west at Emerald Downs in bottom level races.

Many of my favorite claimers over the years have been horses who were stakes winners when they were younger but have fallen down the scale as they aged. Like Sand Canyon (1967 by Berseem) and Cregan's Cap (1975, by Royal Cap). But some were claimers from an early age, like Canal Street (64, by My Host) and Spooky Mulder before he left the Midwest. Then there was Wingover (1963, by Linmold), who sprinkled stakes wins from 2 to 6, but ran 9 seasons; in the old Racing Form he had an X with a circle around it in front of his name - you other oldsters knows what that meant. (Somehow I remember the names of the old timers better than those of more recent horses.)

When it comes to claimers, there was nobody like Maxwell G.(1961, by Author). He raced for 13 seasons, from 3 to 15, and won at least one race every season; his overall record was 234/47-52-37 $181,420. Was claimed on many occasions and as quickly claimed back by his connections. Loved Sportsmans and Turf Paradise.

I'm not an "oldster". What does that mean?

It was a mud mark. The Form didn't break down races by listing those that were run on fast tracks, off tracks, turf, etc. So to help us figure who ought to move up in mud (any off track), they prefaced the name with one of three mud marks. A big asterisk (*) indicated a good mud runner; an X indicated a better mud runner; and an X with a circle around it meant the animal skated over mud like Peggy Fleming, leaving his opponents slogging behind him, sort of like every Valid Appeal foal ever born. The original Wingover, 1963 model, won something like 80% of his races on off tracks, and was on the board in the others. And yes, they did get off tracks in SoCal, where he did a lot of his running.

Sawmill Run & Win Man, Two horses I grew up watching run at Penn Nat & Philly Park.

I knew it sounded familiar, but couldn't remember. Thanks for helping a young pup!! :)

Creme De La Fete was one of my favorite claimers....

Spooky Mulder without question. Every time i get an alert of an entry i still get excited. :tro: