I claimed my first horse!

[DerbyCat]

I am officially a thoroughbred race horse owner! I claimed (along with my partner, and a very good friend, and my trainer) a 3 year old filly yesterday at Golden Gate Fields. She was recommended by my trainers Dad who saw her down in SoCal and really liked her. We were worried before we claimed her, she was wearing front wraps for the first time and was acting up in the gate before the race, then she finished dead last after leading for most of the race... but her legs are fine, she scoped clean and my trainer determined that she hates having her ears grabbed (they did that to her to get her in the gate). She's eating well and has settled down in her new home and we have great hopes for her. She a big solid filly sired by Old Topper and she prefers routes to sprints. I'm pretty excited about this - hopefully she is the first of many that I own