In a mdn 32k at Calder the vast majority of horses are worth 10k or less. A lot of time the "barn" money isnt actually the barn betting. If a horse is working well the clockers will know and pass that info on. The horse is almost certainly for sale though most likely for an inflated price. Based upon the way the horse broke and was ridden it was pretty clear that they knew this horse has a ton of early speed. Most tracks have rules that you have to have a claim in by 10 to 15 minutes to post and at a track like Calder there is not much money in the win pools at that time. I claimed one first time starter who worked out ok but it is extremely risky. I had a horse claimed from me at Gulfstream a few years back first time out for $62000 because it had a couple of fast works. She never broke her maiden as far as I know.
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