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• ••*••••••••** Explanation of Optional Claiming Races Ai OPTIONAL CLAIMING race is one restricted to borses running or having pr« viously run for a stated claiming price, and the term OPTIONAL CLAIMING means just what tbe name implies, the owner having the option of entering bib borse for a price eligible to be claimed or not entering bis horse for a price not eligible to be claimed. If an ovner does not want to enter his borse to be claimed his borse must meet the "optional conditions" set down by the racing secretary in order to be eligible to compete These conditions appear in tbe past performances preceding each race. All borses who race in optional claimers. but are not entered to be claimed, must have raced at some time for a specified claiming price to obtain a classification, and they must again race for a claiming price if the owner wishes to reclassify his borse in a lower category Also, winners of optional claiming races when entered NOT eligible to be claimed, can not be eligible for the same class of race UNLESS entered eligible to be claimed.
