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In horse racing a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race. [1] Horses that have not won a race are referred to as maidens. [1] Maiden horse races are held over a variety of distances and under conditions with eligibility based on the sex or age of the horse. Races may be handicaps, set weights, or weight for age.
Maiden bid – a single bid which wins the lot being offered for sale, with no other bids made. Minimum bid – the smallest opening bid that will be accepted. A minimum bid can be as little as $0.01 (one cent) depending on the auction.
Dean has found himself in hot water after being found in breach of the non-trier's rule (rule 157) at Southwell on Tuesday, 4 November 2008. McKeown was found guilty after his ride on Rascal In The Mix in the 1.30 maiden auction stakes finished unplaced having attracted significant market support before drifting. [1]
In Thoroughbred racing, a claiming race is a type of horse race in which the horses are all for sale at a specified claiming price until shortly before the race. In the hierarchy of horse races, based on the quality of the horses that compete, claiming races are at the bottom, below maiden races (races for horses that have never won a race).
Maiden races can be among horses of many different age groups. It is similar to a stakes race in the respect that horses all carry similar weights and there are no handicapped "penalties." This is the primary method for racing a 2 year old for the first time, although only against other 2 year olds.
Music Show's debut came at Bath Racecourse on 9 August when she contested a maiden auction race. She was ridden by Tony Culhane and started at odds of 6/1 against thirteen opponents. Carrying top weight of 124 pounds, she raced towards the rear of the field before taking the lead a furlong out and winning by two and a half lengths from the ...
Maiden name, the family name carried by a woman before marriage; Maiden over, in the sport of cricket, an over in which no runs are scored; Maiden race, the first race for a horse; Maiden race horse, a race horse that has yet to win a race; Maiden speech, the first speech made by a politician in a formal assembly
Santiago (foaled 11 March 2017) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed some promise as a two-year-old in 2019, running second on his first two starts before taking a maiden race on his final appearance of the year.