Anyone want to claim a horse tomorrow?

[JJP]

Has a horse EVER been claimed for over $100K? Why even bother writing the race w/claiming conditions? Nobody is going to think about claiming at that price. Just make it a classified allowance or overnight handicap.

[The Bid]

There was one entered at CHD last meet I would have claimed for 100 but they scratched, and rightly so.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by JJP

Has a horse EVER been claimed for over $100K? Why even bother writing the race w/claiming conditions? Nobody is going to think about claiming at that price. Just make it a classified allowance or overnight handicap.

Yeah, if I recall correctly, Sadler claimed a horse at Del Mar last year for 125k, opening weekend. TVG guys were talking about how all the rich people want a horse for the Del Mar meeting and people come there with cash to piss away

[saucon17]

Originally Posted by JJP

Has a horse EVER been claimed for over $100K? Why even bother writing the race w/claiming conditions? Nobody is going to think about claiming at that price. Just make it a classified allowance or overnight handicap.

At Hollywood this past summer Pure As Gold was claimed
for 100k by La Canada Stables and trained by Jack Carava.
His next start he won the 300k Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar

[JJP]

OK, so one AT $100K. But still haven't heard about any at over 100K. They had to scrape to get 6 horses in there; Romans and Orseno send out uncoupled entries and Spite the Devil looks like a filler.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by JJP

OK, so one AT $100K. But still haven't heard about any at over 100K. They had to scrape to get 6 horses in there; Romans and Orseno send out uncoupled entries and Spite the Devil looks like a filler.

Del Mar two years ago, 125k, Rupert or Scuds will remember the name

[ELA]

There has been plenty of claims at $100,000.

I'm still trying to figure out who Steve likes, LOL.

Eric

[Linny]

Why not just card the thing as a conditioned stake, the same horses would have shown up.

[cloud_break]

Originally Posted by ELA

There has been plenty of claims at $100,000.

I'm still trying to figure out who Steve likes, LOL.

Eric

I would imagine its a filly in the last.

Here's a 100K claiming story I thought most might enjoy.
My racing partner and I claimed one for 50K a few years ago at Saratoga and earned 60K over the next 6 months including a nose loss for second in a Grade 3 at Calder. After a bad effort in another stakes, we put him in for
100K and lost him at Gulfstream.
In the meantime,my son, about age 10 at the time , had bonded with this horse. He had been exposed to plenty of others, but for some reason this guy was special to him. Believe me he was not happy with his old man. I explained the business aspect of racing to him, but that was useless.
Well, the horse was put on my watch list, but never showed up in the entries. Every week and sometimes daily for the next several months my son would ask if there was any news on "his horse." After some investigative work, I found there was an injury, followed by surgery, then another injury and finally into a sale for $3500. All this without ever racing!
Finally, after 15 months from the claim, he showed up at Penn National for $3500 and ran last by 20 lenghts as the favorite. I called the trainer the next day and asked if this horse needed to be retired. After a negotiation with the trainer and the owner, which was his mother, I bought the horse back for $1000. He was shipped out in a few days and now resides about 10 minutes from our home. My son now has "his horse" for his riding horse. Actually, he's pretty much become a member of the family with frequent visits and family grooming and happy as a horse should be.

[Buffymommy]

Ok Steve,

What Horse Were You Talking About?

ArlJim78

His name is Sforza. Claimed by the same connections as mentioned above