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Regular, open Claiming Crown nominations close August 26
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The August 26 deadline for regular ($100) and open ($250) nominations
to the 2011 running of the $500,000 Claiming Crown is approaching
quickly. Additionally,
TwinSpires.com
will be hosting a handicapping contest in conjunction with the 13th
renewal of the Claiming Crown, which will be held on December 3 at Fair
Grounds in New Orleans.
Two spots in the $2 million (estimated) Daily Racing Form/NTRA
National Handicapping Championship (NHC) will be up for grabs in the
TwinSpires.com Claiming Crown handicapping contest. Additional details
on this exciting contest will be announced soon.
After August 21, the cost to nominate a horse to the 2011 Claiming
Crown will increase to $500, and the deadline to submit nominations at
the $500 cost is October 21. Nominators must also identify the horse(s)
they made eligible through any open nominations by October 21.
With an open ($250) nomination, the nominating owner or his
authorized agent need not identify either a specific horse for
nomination or the intended Claiming Crown race at the time of
nomination. The nominating owner or his authorized agent must identify
the nominated horse no later than midnight (EDT) on October 21. Open
nominations for which no horse has been identified by midnight on
October 21 are invalid.
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Supplemental nominations (5 percent of the race's purse) will be
accepted through November 18.
The nomination schedule and forms for the 2011 running of the $500,000
Claiming Crown are available on the
Claiming Crown website.
The Claiming Crown is a partnership between the National Horsemen's Benevolent
and Protective Association and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
Patterned after the Breeders' Cup, the Claiming Crown was designed to reward
Thoroughbred racing's "blue-collar" horses and offer races at varying distances
on both dirt and turf.
This will mark the first time Fair Grounds has hosted the event, which
debuted at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1999. Canterbury has
hosted 10 of the first 12 renewals of the event. The Claiming Crown was held at
Philadelphia Park (now Parx Racing) in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, in 2002 and at
Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, in 2007.
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