Today's Cal Expo Horse Racing Picks

Claiming Race

A race in which horses are entered for a certain price, or claiming tag, which is also their sales price. An owner can claim any horse entered for the tag before the race begins, and owns them as soon as the gates open.

Paddock

The area where horses gather before the race to be saddled and paraded for the public.

Starter Race

An allowance race restricted to horses who have started for a certain claiming price recently.