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Originally Posted by pandy
I understand what you mean, but he is simply doing something that is A), legal, and B), has been done for decades by hundreds of trainers in both harness and thoroughbred racing, and probably quarter horse racing, although I don't follow that sport. That's how you play the claiming game. You claim a horse and once you think you've gotten as much out of it as you can you drop the horse down and hope someone claims it from you.
Jacbonson doesn't do that with his most successful claims. He rests the horse, then brings them back and keeps winning.
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He uses new rules and a purse level/claiming price ratio that weren't in place decades ago. He is playing a different game than the one trainers played in the past. Legal, yes, ethical, debatable at best.