Monmouth claiming rules

[Blue feather]

Being a "Small Owner", I believe the inflated Monmouth purses presents opportunities at surrounding Mid Atlantic tracks. First , drawing superior talent. Secondly, some terrific value at the claiming level. I would be curious if the claiming rules have been altered due to restructered purses.

[mikec]

Somebody may want to check me on this as I'm not sure exactly when the rule went into effect. But let's just say you have a 2 yr. old by a N. J. stallion but foaled in, though not limited to, Pa. for example. Under the N. J. dual registration provision you're feeling pretty good right now I imagine.
Regarding the claiming rules : Rule 13:70-12.1 states " Owners who possess a current N. J. owners license will be permitted to claim horses prior to starting a horse at the race meeting. All other provisions of the claiming rules remain in effect ".
However ; rule 13:70-12.5 states " A claimed horse shall not race elsewhere until after the close of the meeting at which it was claimed... "
The 1st. sounds pretty much plain vanilla. I honestly don't know if the 2nd. wording has been " tweaked " or not but it doesn't appear to me that there have been any alterations unless I'm missing something.

[rudydee]

For a period of 20 days after the claim, any claimed horse shall not race for a claiming price of less than 25% more than the price for which it was claimed.

[mikec]

Yep ; & it was in big bold print which of course would explain why I missed it !