JJP put up an entry in the Trip Notes Room about Artie Hot yesterday in the 7th... It was Artie Hot that I was refering to that I believed needed to be claimed for $40,000. And I suggested him to a group. That group wanted to claim him, but thanks to a bizarre rule from the Florida HPBA, could not.
Seems that if you want to claim a horse these days in Florida, you have to use cash (!) or have money in your horseman's account or wire transfer in by 1pm the day of the race. These guys got a cashier's check for the $40,000 and the 6% tax, yesterday morning, and were refused the claim when arriving at GP.
There isn't a racing jurisdiction anywhere that won't take a cashier's check. Truly amazing. FL HPBA wants cashier's checks in 48 hours before a race. 48 hours? The race was barely drawn 48 hours ahead... how in hell is anyone going to have a cashier's check drawn then when they don't know they have aninterest in a horse yet? Ridiculous.
Anyway, if you saw the race, you saw that Artie Hot ran big yet again, and now won't possibly be available again for $40,000 as he went unclaimed.
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