Is a Clm 4000 race better race than an Clm4000N3Y race?

Well, yes... but any Clm 4000 means that the horses all suck.





The letters you see after 4000 give extra restrictions on the horses. A Clm 4000 without any other restrictions means that it's an open race... a horse with any record is allowed to run in that race. However, a race can be restricted based on the horse's record. There are races for horses who have not won a race within a stated period of time or who have not won more than one or two races during that time. Claiming and Allowance races are often restricted to nonwinners of one (or two or three) race(s) lifetime other than a maiden, claimer, or starter allowance. A nonwinners of one allowance means that the horse cannot have won an allowance race, but can have won a maiden, claiming, or starter allowance. When a horse wins a race at that condition, it must compete against nonwinners of two, then against nonwinners of three. When there are no more races with a condition for the horse, it must run against open company which would be an allowance for horses who have won several races.





So a CLM4000N3Y is restricted to horses who haven't won 3 races... a CLM4000 is open to any horse regardless of their record. So generally a CLM4000 gets horses with a better record than a CLM4000N3Y race.|||To kmnmiamisax' excellent answer, I would add one caveat: you have to be talking about races at the same racetrack.





The quality of the horses that race for the same claiming price can vary from region to region and even from track to track in the same region. So the comparison has to be at the same track.|||yup.