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What is a claiming race in horse racing?

What is a claiming race in horse racing? I’ve heard of it, but never understood why it is called a claiming race, and what is the purpose of one. Just everything you know on this type of race for.

To understand claiming races, you first have to understand that not all horses are competitive at the top or even the middle levels of racing. Claiming races are a way for horse owners and trainers to find a place for horses that aren’t top quality to be competitive.

A claiming race is a race in which any of the horses entered may be purchased (claimed) out of the race by any person who is eligible to claim a horse at that meeting. Claiming races are written for several price levels: the bottom level at most major race tracks is around $8000-12,500; mid-level is from $15,000-40,000, and high-level claiming races are for $45,000 on up.

To be eligible to claim a horse, a person has to be a licensed owner who has either already started a horse at that particular race meeting, or who has an “open claim” permit because their last horse was claimed away from them at a just-concluded race meet (usually a meet within the same state). If a person wants to claim horses and is eligible to claim horses, they have to deposit sufficient money to cover the claiming price plus sales tax with the horsemen’s bookkeeper at the track.

When a horse is entered into a claiming race, if someone wants to claim it, they go to the racing secretary’s office and fill out a claim form. This has to be dropped into the claiming box within a specified time, usually half an hour before the scheduled start of the race.

Once the horse is in the starting gate, the moment the gate opens, the person who has claimed the horse becomes his owner. (However, if the horse wins the race or earns money in the race, the money goes to the owner who entered him in the race.) Whatever happens in the race, even if the horse is injured and has to be euthanized, it belongs to the person who claimed it.

If more than one person has put in a claim for the same horse, they “shake” for it (draw lots). The person who wins the shake becomes the horse’s owner.

If you watch claiming races, when the horses come back for the jockeys to weigh out, you can tell if a horse has been claimed because one of the racetrack officials will clip a large “CLAIM” tag to the horse’s halter. When you see that, you know the horse is going to a new barn. The new owner takes immediate possession of the horse.

It has happened that someone from whom a horse has been claimed has refused to relinquish the ownership of the horse. This usually results in the loss of the person’s owners license.

Because of claiming races, people who can’t afford to buy a horse that is competitive in allowance races or stakes races can still own a racehorse. You do risk losing the horse, but that’s a risk you have to take if you want your horse to compete at a level where he can win.

Most racetracks card “optional claiming” and “starter allowance” races to give people who own claiming horses a chance to run them without risking having them claimed. In “optional claiming,” if your horse has run for a claiming price within a certain period of time, you can enter him in the race without putting a claiming price on him. This way he’s running against horses at his proper level but the owner doesn’t risk losing him.

In “Starter allowance” races, horses that have been run for a claiming price within a specified period of time are eligible for an allowance race written for them, and none of the horses in the starter allowance has a claiming price. Racing secretaries will usually try to card a series of starter allowance races for the claiming horses on the grounds, because they’re popular with owners and trainers and usually draw good-sized fields, which means a good-sized pari-mutuel handle.

Hope that helps!

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Auto Racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a competition involving racing cars. It is one of the sporting world's most watched television.

History

The start of racing

Racing began shortly after the construction of the first successful gasoline automobile fuel before that time people raced in other vehicles and horse buggies. The first race was organized on April 28, 1887 by by the editor in chief of Paris, publication Le velocipede, Mr Fossier. It ran 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne. That was won by Georges Bouton, in a car that had constructed with Albert, Count de Dion, but as he was the only competitor that appears is rather pointless to call it a career. On 22 July 1894, the first real competition was organized by Paris magazine Le Petit Journal, as a reliability test. The Count de Dion was first to arrive at Rouen, in your car steam but a Panhard et Levassor was judged the winner.

In 1895, the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris Rally was held and this was the first real race as all competitors started together. The winner was Emile Levassor Panhard-Levassor in his model of 1205 cc. He finished the course of 48 hours and 47 minutes, ending nearly six hours before the runner.

The first place to regulate racing was Nice, France, run in late March 1897 as a Week of "Speed". To fill the calendar, Most types of racing event were invented here, including the first hill climb (Nice – La Turbie) and a sprint that was, in spirit, the first race speed.

An international competition between nations and not individuals, began with the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing.

The first race automobiles in the United States took place in Chicago, Illinois. The course was from the south side of town, north along the lakeshore to Evanston, Illinois, and again November 28, 1895 on 54.36 mile (87.48 kilometers), of course, with Frank Duryea winning in 10 hours and 23 minutes, beating three petrol as fuel and two electric cars.

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With auto construction and racing dominated by France, the Automobile Club of France, ACF conducted a series of important international competitions, usually from or to Paris, connecting with another major city in Europe or France.

These very successful races ended in 1903 when Marcel Renault was involved in a fatal accident near Angouleme in the Paris-Madrid. Nine people killed caused the French government to stop the race in Bordeaux and ban open-road racing.

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