Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

claiming race

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: claim-ing race
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A race in which the competing horse can be claimed by anyone at the specified claiming price for the race.

Example Sentences

"In a claiming race, each horse is in a sense up for sale. That is, any owner who has raced a horse at the track during the meet in progress may put in a claim to buy any horse racing in a claiming race."

Inflected Forms

claiming races (plural)

Synonyms

claimer

Questions

What does claiming race mean?: A race in which the competing horse can be claimed by anyone at the specified claiming price for the race.

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