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Old 01-14-2009, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
It's a starter allowance, not a claiming race. The former pulls way better horses since the trainers are looking for a spot to put a horse that's out of conditions where he won't get claimed.
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I use a rule of thumb to multiply the starter price by 2.5 to get the REAL value of the horses in the race, so $5k starters are really $12.5-$15k type animals and $10k starters are $25k type beasts.
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