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noun

claim·​er ˈklā-mər 

1

: one that claims

2

a

: claiming race

b

: a horse running in a claiming race

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Saturday’s card is OK as far as things go, with one stakes race and one allowance/optional claimer. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021

His first race back was an allowance optional claimer Dec. 19 at Gulfstream Park. —Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022

It’s a network of 1300 conservative leaning websites that publish stories that some claimer ordered up by GOP groups or corporate PR firms. —Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022

There are four races on the turf, including the feature, a $65,000 allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares going six furlongs. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2021

In a race in which half the field was around 2-1, Harbored Memories ran a patient race on the outside and then put things in gear mid-stretch to win the featured allowance/optional claimer by an easy 1½ lengths. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021

The feature on Sunday a mile allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares going a mile on the turf. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021

The feature is a six-furlong allowance/optional claimer turf race for Cal-breds going for a $63,000 purse. —John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021

Key race: $104,000 allowance optional claimer (race 7, 7:54 p.m.). —Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1