Great Claims

SCUDSBROTHER · #1 07-09-2006, 08:15 PM

F'n Anew...hello?..."CUT THE NAD,N' WE BE GLAD."

#2 07-09-2006, 09:21 PM

I always liked Unrullah Bull from the Cole Norman stable, I guess because it was a horse I grew up watching in my neck of the woods...the horse was a Conquistador Cielo gelding that Cole claimed for $25K at Lone Star from Wes Hawley and won SEVERAL stakes after the claim, including a couple of graded stakes....nice horse and a helluva claim....made several hundred thousand after the claim....

2Hot4TV · #3 07-09-2006, 10:30 PM

Great Cummunicator was another gelding that was claimed and won a Breeder Cup race and a few graded stakes. He made over a million after his claim.

Thunder Gulch · #4 07-10-2006, 09:58 AM

Recently, Shake You Down was claimed by Lake early in 2003 for 60k and went on to win five stakes that year and finished 3rd in the BC.

Buffymommy · #5 07-10-2006, 10:04 AM

They had a list of the greatest "earners that were claimed". Lavaman just passed Budroyale for the top spot on Saturday.

I may still have the race on tape and I can look up the rest of the list when I get home if ya want.

JJP · #6 07-10-2006, 10:16 AM

Its one thing to take a horse for 50K or 60K and see them become a stakes winner; after all, older open 50-60K claimers generally run pretty fast. Beyer pars in the mid 90s. How about a horse claimed out of a M10000 who becomes a graded stakes winner? Lord of the Game was claimed out of the M10 race from WinStar back in December of 2004. I also remember a gelding named Recoup the Cash get claimed out of a 15000 NW2 and go on to become a graded stakes winner.

witchdoctor · #7 07-10-2006, 11:29 AM

Wasn't John Henry a cheap claimer ($1500) at one time?

SCUDSBROTHER · #8 07-10-2006, 11:33 AM

I think Bill Spawr took a horse for 10-12,500,and was winning stakes back in the late 80/early 90s.Can't remember the name though.

Damn,now they have that Tornado Trailer Park(Ellis Park)under me name.