Looking to find the different levels and ranking of Claiming Races. Like, Clm40000n2l, Clm40000n3I Clm4000n3y?

Question

I know there are more. If you could list them from lowest level to top that would be great ! Thanks !

Answer 1

this will be from highest to lowest.

claiming 40,000......is just that a 40k claiming race

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claiming 40,000nw1......the horse could have only won 2 races, they

say nw1, because they don't count the maiden win, only races

against winners.

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claiming 40,000nw2.....same as top, but only 3 races, again you can't

count the maiden race.

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claiming 40,000nw3y.....the horse must have not won 3 races in a year,

not including maiden win.

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win you see a horse going from 40k claimng, to the nw level it is a drop

in class.

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horses are ranked as follows :

handicap horses......graded from 3 to 1.....with grade 1 being the best.

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stakes races.......kentucky derby, preakness, belmont, are all stakes races,

for 3 year old horses only.

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allowance.....they also have levels, nw1-nw2-nw3- and sometimes nw4.

they call this condition allowance races.

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open allowance races.....horses that are not for sale, but are just a cut below

the stakes, and handicap levels....some horses run in their allowance races

and then step up into the higher levels.(best way to race a horse}

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claiming races.....we have explain that in the top box. horses that can be sold.

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maiden races.....horses that have never won a race....

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maiden claiming........horses that have never won and can be sold.....

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if you have anymore questions, e-mail direct, and i will see you in the

winners circle.

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Answer 2

From lowest it is Maiden Claimer, Maiden Special Wt., Claimer, Allowance, Handicap, and Stakes. The money (the 4000 you list) determines the rank within that category i.e. a 16000 dollar claimer is a lower rated race than a 50000 dollar claimer. The n2l, or n3y is just a qualifier for that race non winners of 2, 3year old and up, etc. Typically the dollar value of a race clues you to the respective ranking. But a n3l means the horse has not won 3 times at that level, a 2nl means they have not won more than twice, so a n3l race would be horse that have won at a 2nl and are no longer eligible for that level. Again, those are just qualifiers and the main think to look for is dollar value...there just isnt much difference in claimers other than that.

Answer 3

Loved your question, you received great informative answer es, across the board,   1 thing, and I'm just a spectator, albeit insider,  at the low/mid level claimings, sometimes tacit agreement horse running just to pump the field, especially at minor tracks, basically unclaimable.   All though, sometimes gentlemen don't act like gentleman.

Answer 4

Here in CA, years ago I saw a $125,000 claiming race, probably at Santa Anita.  They probably wouldn't have such a race now since there are so many optional claiming races.

Answer 5

The answer actually is far too complicated to answer fully, but basically there is no real way to grade races from lowest level to highest.  You have to take into account the claiming price, as well as the conditions of the race.  So basically:

Claiming races are races in which the horse can be claimed, or purchased, for the amount specified in the race description.  In a $4000 claiming race, any of the horses could be claimed for $4000.  The lower the claiming price, the cheaper the field.  Some tracks have claiming races for as little as $2500, while at others there are $125,000 claimers and up.  Claiming races are generally the bottom tier of racing at the track, but the higher the claiming price, the nicer the horses are.  The really high claimers are often allowance stock at the same racetrack, or even cheap stakes horses when run at a lesser track.

There are maiden claimers, and condition claimers.  Maiden claimers are for horses who have never one a race.  Obviously these are the easiest races, since no one has yet won.  The cheaper the tag, the easier the race, usually.

Then there are the condition races, starting with N2L, which is non-winners of two racesin their life.  (yes, maiden wins DO count.  There is no N1L condition). The you have N3 (non winners of three races lifetime), and N4(non winners of 4 races lifetime).  Most tracks stop at N3L, but you will sometimes see N4L.

Now it gets really confusing:  After your horse has won too many races to qualify for those conditions, he starts running in harder condition races: There are NW1X races, which means non winners of a race other than maiden, claiming or starter.  This means that a horse could have broken his maiden and won 10 claiming races at any level, but never have won an normal allowance or a stake race.  NW2X means non winners of two races other than maiden, claiming or starter, so he could have won 10 claiming races at any level races and a single normal allowance or stake race, but not more than one.  Then there is NW3X and NW4X.  Any of these races could be written for any claming level.

So in short, the cheaper the claiming price, the easier the race.  Then figure in the condition level, N2L is easier than N3L, etc.  All of these are easier than NW1X, but NW1X is easier than NW2X, and so on.

Now your third example,Clm4000n3y means that it is a $4000 claiming race, but the conditions are non winners of 3 races in a year.  This means that the horse hasn't won three races of any kind in the past year.  They write all kinds of races like this with date conditions like non winners of a race since September 6th, or non winners of a race in 6 months.  

The list goes on and on, and would take a book to really explain fully, but that is a basic primer, anyway.