Optional Claiming race question

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Originally Posted by GBBob

Well..at face value, a $25K profit on the claim, plus all that purse money equals a very nice profit in less than a year. I didn't look at the PPs so obviously that makes no sense if he/she is owned by a Sheik, but it would be a heck of a run for a "smaller" owner. But, that being said, I don't know if I would make that claim or not

Does the trainer have two horses within the race? If he does, he probably wanted the race to go so he just entered two to make sure they used the race