claiming race
noun
: a horse race in which each entry is offered for sale for a specified price that must be deposited before the race
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The 7-year-old Order and Law won for the eighth time in a 42-race career, with the most recent win coming on Feb. 24, 2022, in a claiming race at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
On Saturday, for example, a 7-year-old mare named Kimberley Dream was making her 61st start in a $40,000 claiming race with only five starters.
—Joe Drape, New York Times, 1 June 2023
The horse was running in a claiming race, his 35th lifetime start.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
Last year Rich Strike, who did not even get into the Derby until the Friday before the race and had not won anything since a $30,000 maiden claiming race the previous September, went off at 80-1 and pulled off a stunning upset.
—James Graham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
On Saturday, for example, a 7-year-old mare named Kimberley Dream was making her 61st start in a $40,000 claiming race with only five starters.
—Joe Drape, New York Times, 1 June 2023
The horse was running in a claiming race, his 35th lifetime start.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
Last year Rich Strike, who did not even get into the Derby until the Friday before the race and had not won anything since a $30,000 maiden claiming race the previous September, went off at 80-1 and pulled off a stunning upset.
—James Graham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
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“Claiming race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claiming%20race. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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