I’m wondering if horses have to meet certain criteria to be entered into claiming races. I have a 6yo chaser gelding I’m trying to enter into a claiming race but he doesn’t show up on my list of horses I can enter. He is a maiden and never ran for a tag.
The race in question is on Jan 19/2023 Race #36 at Aqueduct, 8F Steeplechase for 3yo+ Tag is (15,000). My gelding is already at the track and been training for a few days.
You need to be able to sell the horse in order to enter in claiming races. This generally means you’ve owned him for at least 6 months, or raced him 3 times since purchasing him.
The gelding in question is one of my original horses I got when I signed up (Aug2022) . He’s definitely raced more than 3 times since then which is why I’m finding this odd?