2022 Claiming Crown To Move to Churchill Downs For 1st Time on Nov. 12

Horsemen: The 24th Claiming Crown will be staged at Churchill Downs for the first time on Nov. 12, a week after the Breeders’ Cup is held down the road at Keeneland. Patterned after the Breeders’ Cup to give our blue-collar workhorses and their owners and trainers their own big day in the limelight, the 2022 Claiming Crown is hosted by the National HBPA, the Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association and the Kentucky HBPA.

This year the eight races will total $1.05 million in purses ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 for the Emerald on grass and $175,000 for the Jewel on dirt. In addition, registered Kentucky-breds will compete for an extra $10,000 to $25,000 in KTDF supplements.

The races are being staged as starter-allowance races, not as stakes, meaning horses will be able to run on Lasix. There is a $200 administrative per horse per race, due by Oct. 22, to make a horse eligible to compete in the Claiming Crown.