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claimer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkleɪ.mər/ us /ˈkleɪ.mɚ/
a horse that is entered in a claiming race(= a race in which the owners say before the race how much their horse will cost in a sale held after the race):
He rides a $4,000 claimer as well as he rides the other horses.
The 32-year-old gelding went from claimer to acclaimed as a Horse of the Year.
a jockey(= a person whose job is riding horses in races) who rides in claiming races :
The outsider, given an enterprising ride by claimer Neil Kennedy, led from start to finish.
The horse coped well with the conditions and had a good claimer on board.
informal
another word for a claiming race:
The horse ran a respectable tenth in a 27-runner claimer at York.
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