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First off we’re told all of the rules are on the claim form. WRONG! They change the rules when you claim a horse to fit their needs. Okay so most tracks want you to stay 60 days after the claim and not race that horse anywhere else. I get that. But now you can’t enter YOUR horse that YOU paid for with YOUR money in the class that you want. Yes that is what the Hoosier race secretary is saying. So if you claim one for 20k and you want to race in a 50k claimer, you cannot do it. You can only raise up two levels or lower two levels. Can you actually believe this shit. So not only after you invest your own money, you now have to deal with management telling you where you can and cannot enter. How is this possible that they are allowed to interfere with your business operations and not get sued? You try talking with anyone and the answer is if you don’t like it then go race someplace else. Also you cannot sell the horse for 60 days either. So anyone who is thinking about claiming at Hoosier, don’t do it. You have to allow them to use your horse where they feel he’s competitive or needed. Can’t race at a different track, cant sell and can’t race in the class you want to race after you paid for the horse. Any of your horseploppers who are thinking about coming to hoosier to claim a horse don’t bother. They don’t want your business or any new owners coming here.
I think Rick Plano’s second wife doesn’t have an option to change tracks. First the Plano’s live near Hoosier. Secondly the last time I saw Plano at Pompano he could barely walk so where is he going? Third Rick is around 72 years old. Does he really care about claiming rules at Hoosier after all the years he’s been at this game and his stage of life? I don’t know who the second Mrs Plano is but I think she should just suck it up with all these claiming comments.
So, I am an owner and race horses at e.g. Northeast tracks (Yonkers, Meadowlands, Plainridge, Pocono etc.) I claim a horse at Hoosier. How are they going to stop me from racing that horse at another track within 60 days?? Is this reciprocal? Will Scott Warren tell me I can't race at the Meadowlands??
Every track honors the 60 day claiming rule Learn the game Thks
The first part of your comment is an answer; the second part is insulting. I owned many, many horses in the late 60's through the mid 90's. I claimed at least 25 of them and never had any issue as to where they would race next (albeit, most of the time they did stay at the track they were claimed from.) I understand rules change, and haven't claimed a horse in 25+ years, so was asking to "learn the game"...not to get a snide comment.
I’ve seen horses get claimed multiple weeks fir the same price week after week. Hmmm[/quoteIt’s called ‘rent a horse’! Once the original sales tax is paid, the next person(s) don’t have to pay the sales tax unless the horse has a higher claiming tag the next race.
Quote from: dinkadoo on October 08, 2023, 11:34:44 AMI’ve seen horses get claimed multiple weeks fir the same price week after week. Hmmm[/quoteIt’s called ‘rent a horse’! Once the original sales tax is paid, the next person(s) don’t have to pay the sales tax unless the horse has a higher claiming tag the next race. The waived sales tax is pone of the few innovations, past 30 years, in this game that made alot of sense.
Quote from: dinkadoo on October 08, 2023, 11:34:44 AMI’ve seen horses get claimed multiple weeks fir the same price week after week. Hmmm[/quoteIt’s called ‘rent a horse’! Once the original sales tax is paid, the next person(s) don’t have to pay the sales tax unless the horse has a higher claiming tag the next race.That was true at pompano, and only for the season. The following season (Oct- April or May), the tax started again.Also, I don’t recall other tracks adding sales tax to a claim.
