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• Six inviolable rules to claiming horses

  Occasionally — as in, very rarely — someone will ask me how we go about identifying the horses we claim. Usually, this question is asked in a semi-breathless manner, as if I just might be about to give them the key to life, the universe, and... Posted Sep 22 2008, 12:17 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Claiming races, Amusing

• Alumni Report

  Toiling, as we mostly do, among the claiming horses of the world, turnover is an integral part of the equation. In other words, horse today, gone tomorrow. That’s not because we don’t want to keep the horses we buy. Very often, we watch them... Posted Sep 19 2008, 12:44 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Experience of owning horses, That's Amore horses, Claiming races

• Wanted: A living wage

  One of the best steps that racing could take to improve the health and well-being of the largest number of horses is to raise purses, not for better horses but for worse ones: claiming horses, particularly bottom-level claimers. If need be — and... Posted Jul 20 2008, 05:55 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Monmouth Park, Colonial Downs, Eight Belles, Curlin, Horse breakdowns, Claiming races, Maryland Jockey Club