He's not always in for a price, but Spooky Mulder spent most of his career as a claimer (started out at Turfway, claimed and sent to NY).
But my favorite has to be Tubby Cat, who was at one time (part-)owned by some friends of mine. He won three in a row for them after they claimed him (I'm in one of his winner's circle photos), continued to run well for new connections after they lost him. He's now 9 and just won a $5K claimer in Oklahoma; if there were more starter races at 10f, he'd probably have more lifetime wins.
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