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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
From a search of the rule book on the CHRB website, there are indeed safeguards against a mythical "unclaimable" horse.
1) a claimant can elect "to claim the horse regardless of whether the racing or official veterinarian determines the horse will be placed on the Veterinarian's List as unsound or lame." This has to be done prior to the race.
2) a horse that is placed on the Veterinarian's List multiple times is ineligible to be removed from the list (and thus ineligible to start) for increasing lengths of time. This is true of both horses that bleed and those that are unsound. In the case of bleeders there is the possibility of a lifetime ban.
Coincidentally, the horse in question has been a voided claim for different reasons. In February, according to the equibase chart, the horse bled out the nostrils and was vanned off. But the CHRB Vet List has him currently listed as unsound. Both unsoundness and bleeding are grounds for voiding a claim.
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I was fairly sure that claims can be voided if the horse was injured during the running of the race, though the claimant could still claim the horse if they choose to.
I suppose they could've changed it.
Number 1 is tough to figure out. So you only get to void the claim if the horse is put down? Is the former trainer overruled by the track vet given they'd not give permission to euthanize if it voids the claim? They'll hand over a severely injured and suffering horse?
