401 3-year-olds nominated to Triple Crown races
 

Steve Asmussen ended Todd Pletcher’s four-year grip as the nation’s top trainer, and now he’s surpassed him with the most nominations to the Triple Crown races.

Asmussen, the 2008 Eclipse Award-winning trainer who guided Curlin to consecutive Horse of the Year titles, has 25 3-year-olds on the list of 401 thoroughbreds made eligible for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

The list was to be released Sunday morning.

Pletcher was next with 20. Two-time Derby winning trainer Nick Zito was third with 19—the same number he had last year. Zayat Stables led owners with 22 nominations—the third year in a row Ahmed Zayat’s stable topped the list.

Among the top names on the list are 2-year-old champions Midshipman and the filly Stardom Bound.

The early nominating fee was $600. A latecomers fee is $6,000 due in March, with a final chance to get in for a $200,000 supplemental fee due before the Derby on May 2.

With a bleak economy, the total nominations dropped for the first time since 2005. Last year, 449 3-year-olds were nominated; the record is 450 in 2007.

http://www.woodbineentertainment.com...327319396?1191

boring

Not Boring
 

For those who don't find it boring:

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...7-in-2009.aspx

The List (PDF)

So last year was 1 shy of the record since they have had the nomination system. Maybe they had a BOUNCE

:) so if best beyer was blank "--" , that means he hasn't yet made a debut?

wonder what next years foal crop will be?

After this year's sales? should be under 25K, but who knows?

i'm just thinking about all the reports of open mares....stallion rates going down, down.

Did anyone else notice that This Ones For Phil was not nominated? Sorry if this has been mentioned somewhere else.

yes, and it surprised me alot.

Same with Imperial Council not being listed.

Declan's Moon wasn't listed either.

Maybe I am being picky, or missing something, but ....
Doesn't seem like correct math, unless, like I said, I'm missing something..


41,115 live foals, 401 nominees... that is .00975 or .975% horses nominated. ( less than 1 percent )

The list on Bloodhorse.com shows Imperial Council was nominated.

http://tcm.bloodhorse.com/nomination...5Fname&dir=asc

Ahh, you're right.
Looks like the list on Thoroughbred Times omitted it accidentally.

Quality Road is a strange omission, too. I heard that some horses were omitted from the first list that was released and then added before Sunday. Maybe they missed others?