Love the Claiming Crown just like I loved an old horse named Jet Again, who ran in Maryland claiming races back in the 1980s. Love the consistency of the good claimers that just love to race. Jet Again was like that. So are most of the horses entered for the Claiming Crown card on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The Jewel certainly is an open race, but I lean toward Indycott. This 5-year-old has multiple ways to win. He typically will sit several lengths off the pace and make the kind of move that has gotten him eight wins in 31 starts. Last out, when he was in a race with no speed, Indycott went to the front in slow fractions and refused to let two very good horses, Mr Palmer and Lieutenant Seany O, get by him. Those two are back in this spot with an obvious chance. Looks like it’s going to take about a 92 Beyer to win, and Indycott has gone 91, 90, and 92 in his last three. Mr Palmer’s stablemate Royal Posse was claimed for $20,000 back in May. Three months later, he won a New York-bred stakes, then nearly won another, with Beyers of 91 and 93. The 4-year-old seems to find his way near the front no matter what the fractions, and that versatility makes him a real danger here. I have been watching Trouble Kid all year at Parx. There may be a better claim in 2015, but there can’t be many. Top Parx trainer Ramon Preciado took the horse for $15,000 July 5. He has not finished anywhere but first since then. He wired the De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park in his last start before getting disqualified. Here are the numbers for Trouble Kid since the claim: 90, 93, 94, 95, and 99. He won the Gallant Bob at his home track on Pennsylvania Derby Day before winning another Parx stakes. :: Gulfstream Park: Buy PPs, watch Saturday’s card live Now, rather well spotted, he is in the Rapid Transit for horses that have started for $16,000 or less in the last two years. Not sure if seven furlongs is going to be a good distance for Trouble Kid, but I do know he makes other speed horses look not so fast when they try to run with him. Stallwalkin’ Dude has run in nine straight stakes and never failed to try hard. On his best form, he is the best horse in the race, with four triple-digit Beyers in his last 10 races. He could not hang with Trouble Kid at Laurel, and this, incredibly, will be his 17th race this year and his 30th in the last two years. So you do wonder if all that racing finally has caught up with him, but it is hard not to admire a horse that just keeps showing up. Guess the connections of Alfredo Romana knew their horse. They lost him for $25,000 back in January and took him back for $6,500 two months later. I doubt there are many horses beyond American Pharoah and Alfredo Romana that have won four consecutive races at four different tracks in 2015. The Triple Crown winner actually won five at five before getting beat in the Travers. Alfredo Romana has won at Delaware Park, Penn National, Suffolk Downs, and Parx from July to October. If he can get the fifth in the Express, he still won’t be getting Horse of the Year votes, but he may be the only horse in the country that has done something the great American Pharoah did. Alfredo Romana not only has the winning streak, but he also has solid Beyers of 87, 82, 95, and 87 during the run. Any of those figures is good enough to win a race for horses that have started for $7,500 or less, and Alfredo Romana may be able to control this race with his speed. I love this horse.