Fields Set for $1 Million Claiming Crown at the Fair Grounds
A total of 90 horses spread over eight races were entered today for next Saturday’s 25th Claiming Crown, to be held for the first time since 2011 at New Orleans’ Fair Grounds Race Course & [...]
Deadline Extended to Tuesday Nov. 21 to Make Horses Eligible for Dec. 2 Claiming Crown
The deadline to make a horse eligible for the Claiming Crown on Dec.2 at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans has been extended to Tuesday Nov. 21. The deadline had been Saturday Nov. 18. Horses [...]
Claiming Crown Horse of the Year Goes to Invaluable
Invaluable winning last fall's $100,000 Claiming Crown Glass Slipper at Churchill Downs under Luis Saez. Photo by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation The mare Invaluable has been selected as the 2022 Claiming Crown Horse of the [...]
$1 Million Claiming Crown Set for December 2 at Fair Grounds
The 2023 Claiming Crown will be staged for the first time since 2011 at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans on Saturday, Dec. 2, announced Claiming Crown co-founders National HBPA and TOBA along with the [...]
Keystone Field Takes the Jewel in First Running of the Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs
Keystone Field takes the Jewel (Photo by Coady Photography) Keystone Field, owned by Kirk Wycoff’s Three Diamonds Farm, swept past early leaders Benevengo and Frosted Grace leaving the final turn and determinedly turned back a late charge by 2-1 [...]
Just saddling Digital in Claiming Crown a win for Hiles
Digital training at Churchill Downs (Jennie Rees photo). Longtime Kentucky HBPA president Rick Hiles knows how big a deal it is for racing’s rank-and-file horsemen to participate in the Claiming Crown, the series of big-money [...]
Twelve Volt Man seeks repeat in Claiming Crown Jewel
Twelve Volt Man Winning the 2021 Claiming Crown Jewel at Gulfstream Park. (Photo by Coglianese Photos/Ryan Thompson) A total of 95 of some of the nation’s top claiming-level horses, including seven also-eligible entries, have [...]
Sharp Sends Out Trio in Pursuit of First Claiming Crown Win
Trainer Joe Sharp on Intrepid Heart Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs. (Photo by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation) Joe Sharp will saddle three horses Saturday in pursuit of his first Claiming Crown victory: Intrepid Heart [...]
Desormeaux’s Bourbonette Oaks Upset Winner Candy Raid in Claiming Crown Tiara
Candy Raid winning the Bourbonette Oaks at 52-1 odds under Rafael Bejarano last April 2 at Turfway Park. (Photo by Coady Photography) While claiming horses so often fill out the programs for the [...]
O’Callaghan Hoping Irish Mojo Carries Over to Claiming Crown
Carl O’Callaghan on Moti Tuesday morning. (Photo by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation) The Claiming Crown was created 24 years ago to serve as a Breeders’ Cup-style event celebrating the blue-collar horses that populate most [...]