It is time take another shot shot at the claiming game.
My first imaginary claim was a Chad Brown trained son of Tonalist. This horse has not run since 6/12, so maybe there was a reason he was in for $40,000 or maybe Chad will not drop him again. We will see.
I have been watching the Zilla guys claiming attempts with great interest. I almost pulled the trigger on a nice Twirling Candy maiden name Its a Wrap. The horse lost a $40,000 maiden claimer at Saratoga by a head, but Zilla lost the shake to Assmusen.
The horse I am interested in is running today for $30,000 at Ellis Park. He is a 2 year old Summer Front trained by Tom Proctor and owned by Brenton Jones. I thought this was interesting $17,000 yearling purchase by Jones. Mr. Jones generally does not run cheap horses, he has multiple graded stakes wins including the Kentucky Oaks and the Alabama.
Ames Mister ran poorly in his MSW debut, and is in today for $30,000. His works have been average, exactly what I would expect if I planned to drop a horse.
Let’s play poker with Mr. Jones, and claim his horse. I am a big fan of Summer Fronts and hope they will get better as they mature. Ames Mister was 6-1 is that first race against a decent field, so somebody thought he could run.
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Ames Mister ran a much better race and only lost by a head in the $30,000 maiden claimer. Nobody in the real world claimed this horse. Let’ see how the rest of his career progresses.
Buying A Race Horse 