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claiming race
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkleɪ.mɪŋ ˌreɪs/ us /ˈkleɪ.mɪŋ ˌreɪs/(also informalclaimer)
a horse race in which the owners say before the race how much their horse will cost in a sale held after the race:
He won a £35,000 claiming race on grass by fourteen lengths.
The horse ran a respectable tenth in a 27-runner claimer at York.
It was a Class 7 claiming race, which is about as low as you can get.
The seven-year-old was acquired for less than £20,000 from a claimer at Cheltenham three years ago.
He went from owner to owner and trainer to trainer, often appearing in claiming races.
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