How to Use claiming race in a Sentence

claiming race

noun
  • The 7-year-old has won his past four starts, all optional claiming races.
    — Tim Dwyer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Five of the races are some type of claiming race, and three races are on the turf (the third, fifth and seventh).
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • This was his sixth race, having won a maiden claiming race two races before this.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Seventeen were during claiming races, in which the horses are up for sale for a certain price.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 22 June 2019
  • There is only one sprint on Friday’s card, the sixth, a claiming race, all the rest are at least 1 mile.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • One is to sell the horse at a claiming race; the other is to ship it to Mexico, where it will be destroyed.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Then again there is a start allowance, which is basically a claiming race in which horses can’t be claiming.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Thus, results from claiming races are unpredictable and make a horse’s record in them of limited value.
    — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • The claiming race was Rich Strike’s only win before the Derby.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2022
  • The older boy’s mother claimed race was a factor in the investigation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • The feature on Friday was a 5 ½-furlong allowance/optional claiming race for fillies and mares.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Squeaky Cheeky went down several yards beyond the finish line after running in a 6 ½-furlong maiden claiming race on the turf.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Any horse entered into a claiming race can be claimed by another owner before the race, and whether that horse wins, loses or doesn’t finish, that new owner must pay for that horse.
    — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Tampa Bay Downs, Soup and Sandwich won a three-horse allowance optional claiming race.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 26 Apr. 2021
  • At the time of the sale he had been entered in a low-level claiming race by its former owner, Calumet Farm, which has won a record eight Derbys.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 May 2022
  • Because of those conditions, owners and trainers would never run a potential Triple Crown contender in a claiming race.
    — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • On Saturday, My Child Sbud fractured his left front ankle while running in a claiming race and was euthanized later that day.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Romans saddled up his first horse on October 19, 1986, in a claiming race at River Downs.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • But the horse spiked a fever and altered those plans, with Prevalence ultimately winning an optional-claiming race on March 11 at Gulfstream.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Hours before the Run for the Roses, Creative Minister won an allowance optional claiming race with a good stretch showing despite carrying the most weight in the field.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 11 June 2022
  • In the only non-claiming race on Friday’s card, Crystal Ball ran a perfect race in second under Prat until the top of the stretch and then motored home to win a one-mile allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2021

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