Curt,
You are indeed a man of many questions...
If you want to claim a horse, you have to set it up before hand.
You need a stall at your trainer's barn to be ready for after the race, cause when it's over, you own him.
Then, after you set it up, you put in your claim at the racing secretary's office.
If the horse wins...the purse money goes to the previous owner.
If it has problems, needs vet or other "unexpected" stuff...it's on you.
Now, if you want to buy a nice trotter (sire Tin Foil), I could set you up with a nice one that lives at the farm where I keep mine. PM me if interested.
He's a gorgeous standardbred.
Sometimes, you can do much better buying "off the farm" than you can by claiming. Though I'm sure there are a few on this board that will disagree with that statement.
This game is not for the "feint of heart". If you don't have "deep pockets", the unexpected stuff will drive you nuts.
Your other questions...later.
Hope this helped.
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