Claiming horses fill the vast majority of race cards every day, but these hard-workers rarely receive recognition so the Texas Thoroughbred Association created the Texas Champion Claimer Award. The winning horse and his or her connections will be recognized alongside the other 2017 Texas Champions at the TTA Annual Conference and Awards Banquet at Lone Star Park this summer.
The Texas Champion Claimer Award is for Texas-breds who won at least three claiming races at Texas racetracks and earned at least $30,000 in total for 2017. (Starter allowance, starter handicap and optional claiming races in which the horse was not entered for a claiming price are not considered.) Horses are not selected or nominated to be included in the voting; any horse who meets the criteria above is included.
The winner of the Texas Champion Claimer Award will be determined by online voting. Only one vote will be counted per person and automated attempts to vote or duplicate votes will be disallowed. Voting closes on Friday, February 23, at 5 p.m. Central.
The four candidates this year are: COLONIAL KENDRA, FRED’S LUCKY BOY, KISSTHATBABYGOODBY and PRINCE ISAAC.
Click here to view profiles of each horse and to cast your vote.