2024 Early Triple Crown Nominations

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2024 Triple Crown Late Nominations
Released April 2, 2024
Tapalo (owned by Hronis Racing); Awesome Ruta (Tri Star Racing & Cimarron TTT); Celtic Contender (Lewis Family Racing Stables); D Day Sky (Ten Strike Racing, Four Corners Racing, Broadview Stables, Cory Moelis Racing and Jeremy Sussman); Evening News (Travin Stables); Le Dom Bro (Vicente Stables); Lonesome Boy (John Parker); Mugatu (Average Joe Racing Stables and Dan Wells; Secret Chat (Gelfenstein Farm). With these nine late nominations, there are 354 3-year-olds eligible to compete in the 2024 Triple Crown series.

2024 Early Triple Crown Nominations

By Name Only

Early Triple Crown Nominations PPs

From Brisnet through weekend of  Feb. 10

Churchill Downs Triple Crown Nominations Release

Includes 'TC By The Numbers' Information

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Deadlines and Cost for the 2024 Triple Crown

Nominations opened: Jan. 12, 2024

Deadline for early nominations to the 2024 Triple Crown: Jan. 29, 2024. There is a brief delay between the nomination deadline and release of nominations. Nominations were released Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
Cost of early nomination to the 2024 Triple Crown: $600

Payments must accompany the nomination and can only be made online at www.thetriplecrown.com, according to a Churchill Downs release. However, thetriplecrown.com says you may download, fill out and mail the nomination in this PDF Nomination Form and you must include payment with the nomination form.

Deadline for late nominations to the 2024 Triple Crown: April 1, 2024
Cost of late nomination to the 2024 Triple Crown: $6,000

Payment must be made with the nomination.

Suspended trainer rule: Horses under the care of any trainer suspended from competing in the 2024 Kentucky Derby or the 2024 Kentucky Oaks (GI) (as applicable) must be transferred to a non-suspended trainer by Jan. 29 to become eligible for the applicable race. Horses under the care of a suspended trainer will become eligible to earn qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby or Road to the Kentucky Oaks on a forward-looking basis after the transfer is complete so long as the transfer is complete by the Jan. 29 deadline.

Complete nominations terms and conditions are here.

For more information, contact these representatives at Triple Crown host tracks (information per thetriplecrown.com):

Churchill Downs
Kelly Danner at (502) 638-3825 or [email protected]. 

Pimlico

Racing Secretary Jillian Sofarelli at (800) 638-1859 or [email protected].

Belmont Park

Stakes Coordinator Andrew Byrnes at (718) 641-4700

Supplemental nomination fee for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: Refer to the terms and conditions here for more specific and official information. Before the Kentucky Derby, the cost is $200,000 for those not early- or late-nominated to the Triple Crown, to be paid at the time of entry to the Kentucky Derby. The cost of supplementing to only the Kentucky Derby is $50,000. After the running of the Kentucky Derby, the supplemental fee to nominate to the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes is $150,000 or $50,000 to nominate only to the Belmont Stakes. If a supplementary fee is refunded due to the exclusion of a horse from a race, then the nomination of such horse for any subsequent race(s) shall also be invalidated. Supplemental fees not refunded are added to the appropriate purse. Again, refer to the terms and conditions here for more specific and official information.

Fees to enter and start in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: In the Kentucky Derby, there is an entry fee of $25,000 and a starting fee of an additional $25,000. A minimum $500 jockey mount fee will apply to starters that finish beyond third place. For the Preakness, the cost is $15,000 to enter and another $15,000 to start. For the Belmont Stakes, the cost is $15,000 to enter and another $15,000 to start.

Complete terms and conditions for each leg of the Triple Crown: May be viewed here.

Nomination Form: The 2024 nomination form may be viewed here.

Deadline for Stabling: All starters and Also Eligible Horses must be stabled at Churchill Downs by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, April 29, 2024.