The trainer nomination is only $100 and makes the trainer eligible to nominate any number of horses through the regular nomination payment of 0.2% of the race purse. Trainers who are not nominated can still participate in the Claiming Crown through a supplemental nomination of 5% of the race purse.
There will be eight races in the 2013 Claiming Crown including the debut of the new $110,000 Iron Lady for fillies and mares who have started for a claiming price of $7,500 or less since January 1, 2012, going 1 1/16 miles on the main track. Four of the Claiming Crown races with $100,000 purses last year were boosted to $110,000 this year. The eight Claiming Crown races in 2013, all for 3-year-olds and up who have started for a specified claiming price or less since January 1, 2012, are:
· $200,000 Jewel, 1 1/8 miles, $35,000 claiming price
· $125,000 Emerald, 1 1/16 miles (turf), $25,000 claiming price
· $125,000 Tiara, 1 1/16 miles (turf), fillies and mares, $25,000 claiming price
· $110,000 Rapid Transit, 7 furlongs, $16,000 claiming price
· $110,000 Glass Slipper, 7 furlongs, fillies and mares, $16,000 claiming price
· $110,000 Express, 6 furlongs, $7,500 claiming price
· $110,000 Iron Horse, 1 1/16 miles, $7,500 claiming price
· $110,000 Iron Lady, 1 1/16 miles, fillies and mares, $7,500 claiming price
The deadline for horse nominations is Friday, November 15, and the deadline for supplemental nominations is Wednesday, December 4.
For more information and nomination forms, go to www.claimingcrown.com.
