A total of 373 3-year-old thoroughbred, led by Champion 2-year-old male citizens' bull, were entitled to $ 600 on January 27 for this year's Triple Crown series of $ 600.
This year's total boost corresponds to an boost of 7.8% compared to the 346 early nominations of the previous year. A record of 69 horses based in Japan, which were trained by 33 different conditioners, were nominated, which smashed the record of 47 last year.
Sixty of the nominees have already won Stakes races, including the top 10 points leaders on the way to the Kentucky Derby: Citizen Bull, Speed King, Coal Battle, Burnham Square, Disco Time, Captain Cook, Build, GetaWay Car and Jonathan's way. The list also contains winners of class 1, McPatrick and East Avenue.
CLICK HERE: Take a look at the full list of triple crown -nominees on a bloodhorse
The nominations show some of the top conditioners of sport, led by Hall of Fame coach Todd Plletcher, who nominated 32 horses. Other leading trainers are Bob Baffert (21), Brad Cox (14), Chad Brown (13) and Kenny McPeek (12).
The triple crown begins with the 151st Running the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on May 3 on May 3. The series continues with the 2 -million dollar -specific inserts at 1 3/16 miles on May 17th on the Pimlico Race Course and ends with the 2 million US dollar Belmont Stakes on the Saratoga Race Course over 1 ¼ Miles on June 7th.
Early triple crown candidates through the numbers
3,200,000 USD -Buying the best cheapest public auction: Barnes (2023 FASIG-TIPTON SARATOGA SALE).
$ 1,421,000 – Highest life result: Bürgerbulle
268 Kentucky Bred candidates, most of a state or country. Others: Japan (54), Florida (14), Modern York (11), Maryland (9), Louisiana (4), Pennsylvania (3), Ontario (2), Virginia (2), California (1), France ( France (France) 1), Iowa (1), Ireland (1), Ohio (1) and West Virginia (1).
181 Bay -colored horses. Other colors: Dim Bay/Braun (89), chestnuts (69), gray/roan (30), gray (4).
146 Trainer with horses nominated for the triple crown.
60 Stakes winner nominated.
32 Horses nominated by coach Todd Pletchers barn, followed by Bob Baffert (21), Brad Cox (14), Chad Brown (13) and Kenny McPeek (12).
21 Horses swung in mischief, the best of every stallion. Others: Not this time (14), Nyquist (13), Constitution (11), Curlin (11), weapon runner (11) and uncle Mo (11).
20 Geldings nominated.
Seven Fillies nominated: Beauty Reigns (coach Bill Mott), Mistress (Yoshito Yahagi), necessity (norm cass), promised gene (yuki uehara), queen's chocolat (koichi shhntani), velvet devil (mike tomlinson) and vilja (masayuki nishimur) () ( Masayuki nishimury)).
Three Nominated puzzles.
May 29, 2022 – Latest foals under nominees: Gunmetal.
January 8, 2022 – earliest foals under nominees: promised gene.
Three-year-olds, who were not nominated in the early phase, can still join the Triple Crown Trail on April 7 at www.thetrizecrown.com by making a behind schedule payment of $ 6,000.
Thirteen horses have divided the triple crown: Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Graf Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948) , Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015) and Justify (2018).
