Claiming System

The basic Claiming System consists of 3 reports: A Claiming Report, a Sales Report and a Detailed Pedigree Report. Other reports such as by Sires, by Tracks, by State-Bred, by Broodmares are also available.

Claiming Report.

Below is a sample page from the Claiming Report. The Claiming Report shows Fillies and Mares entered in a race with black-type in the 1st or 2nd dams' pedigrees. The report is updated weekly with race results. The report is sorted using a point system weighting the black type in the pedigree. Additional points are added for more current races.

The top line shows the Filly/Mare entered and includes the track, race, post position, post time of race, the distance, purse, race condition, etc. The second line shows the sire, dam, breeder, owner and trainer. If the horse has gone through an auction it will be shown on the third line.

The dashed box below the race information displays a list of the black-type horses in the 1^st and 2^nd dams. Most of the information shown is self-explanatory. However, within the dashed box there are columns labeled GW, GP, SW, SP and Update. This references a horse that is a GW (Graded Winner), GP (Graded-Placed), SW (Stakes Winner), SP (Stakes-Placed). The field will contain either a "0" for No, a "1" for Yes or a year, such as "07". For example, the 1983 horse "Spirit of Fighter" has a "1" in both the fields SW and SP meaning that the horse is both a Stakes Winner and Stakes Placed. A "07" means the horse became black-type in that year. For example, the horse "Super Freaky" in the pedigree of "Marked Deck" became GW, GP and SW in 2007. The "Update" field shows the last race date if it raced in the current year. All starts, wins, places, shows and earnings are updated weekly.

The codes in the report are as follows: (^ = Stakes Producer), (+ CAPS = Graded Stakes Winner), (+ Upper/Lower Case = Graded-Placed), ($ CAPS = Stakes Winner), ($ Upper/Lower Case = Stakes-Placed).

The Sales Report is identical to the Claiming Report except the information is sorted by Auction Sales Prices.

Detailed Pedigree Report provides all racing foals in the 1^st and 2^nd dams.