claiming race

1. 1.

   a horse race in which each owner declares before the race at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the race

   Broaderhorse race

Questions about claiming race

What does claiming race mean?

claiming race means "a horse race in which each owner declares before the race at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the race".

Is claiming race a common word?

claiming race is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.