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      CHAMPION GOOD MAGIC JOINS STARS BOLT D’ORO, SOLOMINI,
     MENDELSSOHN, McKINZIE, ENTICED, CATHOLIC BOY, SPORTING
     CHANCE ATOP EARLY NOMINEES TO 2018 TRIPLE CROWN SERIES
       Total of 360 3-Year-Olds Made Eligible to Compete in Series of American Classic Races

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018) – Good Magic, eFive Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables
LLC’s champion 2-year-old Thoroughbred of 2017 and winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I),
heads an international roster of 360 3-year-old Thoroughbreds made eligible during the early nomination phase to
compete in the 2018 races of the coveted American Triple Crown: the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by
Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the $1.5 million Preakness (GI) and the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI).

          The Chad Brown-trained Good Magic, a son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin and the Eclipse Award
winner as America’s champion juvenile of 2017, is joined on the list of early Triple Crown nominees by accomplished
stars that include Ruis Racing LLC’s Bolt d’Oro, whose only blemish in four 2017 races was his third-place run
behind the champion in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile; and Solomini, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up owned by
Zayat Stables LLC and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who teamed in 2015 to send American Pharoah to
the first sweep of the Triple Crown races since 1978. One of Solomini’s three losses was a disqualification from first to
third in December’s Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity (GI).

        The 2018 Triple Crown will open Saturday, May 5 with the 144th running of the 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby at
Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The 143rd Preakness, its 1 3/16-mile second jewel, is set for Saturday, May 18 at
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. The 150th running of the Belmont Stakes, the series’ 1 ½-mile final leg, is
scheduled for Saturday, June 9 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

        Early nominations to the 2018 Triple Crown closed Jan. 20. Each nomination was accompanied by payment of
a $600 fee to make the individual Thoroughbred eligible to compete in any or all of the Triple Crown contests. A late
nomination period, which requires a payment of $6,000 for each nominated 3-year-old, is now underway and will
continue through Monday, March 19.

       Last year’s early phase of Triple Crown nominations attracted 419 horses. An additional six Thoroughbreds
were made eligible during the late nomination period to raise the overall total to 425.

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          The 2015 Triple Crown sweep by American Pharoah was only the 12th since Sir Barton in 1919 became the
first of 12 3-year-olds to win all three races in a single year. The roster of Triple Crown-winning greats is completed by
Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946),
Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978).

         Other accomplished young stars nominated to pursue the 2018 Triple Crown include Mike Pegram, Karl
Watson and Paul Weitman’s McKinzie, an unbeaten Baffert-trained son of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street
Sense whose wins include a victory via the disqualification of Solomini in the Los Alamitos Futurity and a triumph in
the Sham (GIII) at Santa Anita; Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs. John Magnier’s Mendelssohn, winner of
the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (GI) at Del Mar for international training superstar Aidan O’Brien; Godolphin
Racing LLC’s Enticed, winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (GII) at Churchill Downs for trainer Kiaran
McLaughlin; Robert V. LaPenta’s Catholic Boy, victorious in Aqueduct’s Remsen (GII) in his debut on dirt for
trainer Jonathan Thomas; Mr. Amore Stable’s homebred Firenze Fire, winner of the Champagne (GI) at Belmont
Park for trainer Jason Servis; Albaugh Family Stables LLC’s Free Drop Billy, the Dale Romans-trained winner of
Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (GI); the Steve Asmussen-trained Copper Bullet, winner of the Saratoga
Special (GII) for owners Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Willis Horton Racing LLC; and Robert C. Baker and
William L. Mack’s Sporting Chance, winner of Saratoga’s Hopeful (GI) for racing legend D. Wayne Lukas, the 82-
year-old Hall of Fame trainer who has saddled a record 14 winners of Triple Crown races.

         Following American Pharoah’s celebrated 2015 Triple Crown sweep, each the past six Triple Crown races has
had a different winner. Always Dreaming opened the 2017 series with victory in the Kentucky Derby, but the
Preakness was won by Cloud Computing, a colt that had not competed in the opening Triple Crown jewel. Last year’s
series was completed with a victory by Tapwrit in the Belmont Stakes.

        Both Always Dreaming and Tapwrit were trained by Todd Pletcher, who became the first conditioner to earn
Triple Crown wins with different horses in a calendar year since Lukas achieved the feat in back-to-back seasons in
1995-96. Cloud Computing was the first winner of a Triple Crown event for Brown, the trainer of Good Magic who
went on to earn a second consecutive Eclipse Award in 2017 that honored him as America’s top trainer. WinStar Farm
LLC was the most recent owner to earn Triple Crown triumphs in the same year with different horses when it won the
2010 Kentucky Derby with Super Saver and took the Belmont Stakes with Drosselmeyer five weeks later.

         After winning two Triple Crown events in 2017, Pletcher led all trainers by making 37 horses Triple Crown-
eligible during this year’s early nomination phase. Pletcher, honored seven times with the Eclipse Award as America’s
top trainer, now has five wins in U.S. classics that include a pair of Kentucky Derby triumphs and Belmont Stakes
victories. Baffert, who has a total of 12 triumphs in Triple Crown races, was next with 32 nominations. Hall of Famer
Asmussen nominated 17 horses and was followed by Romans (11) and Mark Casse (10). O’Brien led international
trainers with six nominations, headed by Mendelssohn and U.S. Navy Flag, winner of the Dewhurst (Group 1) at
Britain’s Newmarket.

          Zayat Stables led all owners with 12 Triple Crown nominees and edged WinStar Farm by one for the top spot
in that tightly-bunched category. Four owners tied at 10 nominations: China Horse Club International Ltd.; Charles
E. Fipke; Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith; and West Point Thoroughbreds. Calumet
Farm – winner of a record 17 Triple Crown races that includes the historic sweeps by Whirlaway and Citation – tied
with St. Elias Stable at nine nominees, one more than Winchell Thoroughbreds.

        Fipke bred 11 of the early Triple Crown to lead all breeders, edging Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., which
bred 10 nominees. They were followed by Godolphin (9), WinStar Farm (9) and Calumet Farm (6).

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       Tapit, the sire of Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit and Creator (2016), led all sires with 22 early nominees.
Pioneerof the Nile, the sire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, was next with 12 nominees, and was followed
by Candy Ride (ARG) and Curlin (11), Into Mischief (10) and Medaglia d’Oro and the late Scat Daddy (9).

        The 360 nominated Triple Crown candidates include 324 colts, 20 geldings, 12 ridglings and four fillies.

       Gary Barber’s Ontario-bred Wonder Gadot is the most accomplished of the foursome of nominated fillies.
The Casse-trained daughter of Medaglia d’Oro has earned graded stakes wins against members of her gender in the
Demoiselle (GII) at Aqueduct and the Mazarine (GIII) at Canada’s Woodbine.

         Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Mendelssohn, a $3 million yearling purchase at Keeneland’s 2016
September Sale, is the most expensive sales purchase among the early nominees. A group of seven nominated seven-
figure auction purchases also includes Good Magic, who sold for $1 million during the same 2016 sale.

       The nominees include 288 horses that were bred in Kentucky, which is 80 percent of the overall total. Florida
was next with 14 nominees and was followed by Maryland (10), New York (9) and California (5). International
nominees include seven bred in Canada, six in Ireland and two apiece from Great Britain and Japan.

         Nineteen of the nominees are based outside North America, including 13 from Europe, three from Dubai and
a trio of Japanese-based runners: Cattleya Sho winner Ruggero (JPN), Mominoki Sho winner Work and Love (JPN)
and unraced Copano Kicking.

         The Kentucky Derby field has been limited to 20 starters since 1975 and the horses that enter the starting gate
for its 2016 renewal will again be determined by points earned in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” eligibility
system, which debuted in 2013. If entries to the Derby total more than the maximum field of 20, up to four “also
eligible” entrants will be permitted. If one or more entrants scratch from the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field prior to 9
a.m. (EDT) on Friday, May 4, the also-eligible horse or horses with highest preference in the “Road to the Kentucky
Derby” system assume the empty stalls in the starting gate.

        The Preakness is limited to 14 starters and the Belmont Stakes permits a maximum field of 16 horses.

         Three-year-olds that were not nominated to the Triple Crown during either the early or late nomination phases
have a final opportunity to become eligible for the races through payment of a supplemental nomination fee. Due at the
time of entry for either the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes, the supplemental fee process makes
a horse eligible for the remainder of the Triple Crown series. A supplemental nomination at the time of entry to the
Kentucky Derby requires payment of $200,000. The fee is $150,000 if paid prior to the Preakness or $50,000 at time of
entry to the Belmont Stakes.

         Churchill Downs adjusted its entry process in 2014 to permit supplemental nominees to be treated the same as
original and late Triple Crown nominees. If one or more supplemental nominees possess sufficient “Road to the
Kentucky Derby” points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby field, they will be allowed to start over original and late
nominees with lesser qualifications. Previously Churchill Downs gave preference in all cases to early and late nominees.

          Information on the Triple Crown nomination process – including a link to a print-and-mail nomination form –
is available at www.theTripleCrown.com.

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                             TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATION HISTORY
The Triple Crown nomination procedure was initiated in 1986. The largest number of nominees to the Triple Crown was 460 in
2007 and 2008. Before 1986, the largest number of Kentucky Derby nominees was 432 in 1981; the smallest, 32, in 1913. The early
nomination fee has been $600 from the start. The late nomination has been $6,000 since 1994. Prior to 1994, the late nomination
was $3,000 (1986-90) and $4,500 (1991-93). The following is a listing of Triple Crown nominees since 1986, including early and late
totals.

                  Early             Late               Total             NA Foal            % of
Year              Noms              Noms               Noms              Crop               Foal Crop
2018              360                -                 360               22,500*            1.6%
2017              419                6                 425               22,963             1.9%
2016              368                9                 377               23,242             1.6%
2015              429                9                 438               23,538             1.9%
2014              414               10                 424               24,939             1.7%
2013              369               13                 382               28,419             1.4%
2012              398               20                 418               32,364             1.3%
2011              364               13                 377               35,274             1.1%
2010              366                6                 372               37,499             1.0%
2009              401               11                 412               38,104             1.1%
2008              449               11                 460               38,365             1.2%
2007              450               10                 460               37,949             1.2%
2006              426               14                 440               37,067             1.2%
2005              358               14                 372               35,978             1.0%
2004              434               14                 448               37,901             1.2%
2003              446                8                 454               37,755             1.2%
2002              405               12                 417               36,929             1.1%
2001              440                7                 447               36,021             1.2%
2000              387               13                 400               35,143             1.1%
1999              396               11                 407               35,366             1.2%
1998              384                6                 390               34,983             1.1%
1997              375               13                 388               35,341             1.1%
1996              354                7                 361               37,140             1.0%
1995              317                7                 324               38,438             0.8%
1994              354                9                 363               41,804             0.9%
1993              342               25                 367               44,143             0.8%
1992              389               18                 407               48,235             0.8%
1991              369                8                 377               49,221             0.8%
1990              315               33                 348               50,917             0.7%
1989              381               13                 394               51,296             0.8%
1988              381               20                 401               50,430             0.8%
1987              398               24                 422               49,241             0.9%
1986              422               30                 452               47,236             1.0%

* Estimated

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             2018 TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATIONS STATS AT A GLANCE
GENDER                  2018           CAREER EARNINGS LEADERS
Colts                   324 90.0%      Good Magic        $1,216,600
Geldings                 20  5.6%      Mendelssohn         $706,652
Ridglings                12  3.3%      U S Navy Flag       $640,427
Fillies                   4  1.1%      Bolt d’Oro          $576,000
TOTAL                   360            Firenze Fire        $539,100
                                       Solomini            $472,000
COLOR                   2018           Free Drop Billy     $428,020
Bay                     176 48.9%      Soutache            $405,000
Dark Bay/Brown           86 23.9%      Wonder Gadot (f)    $342,973
Chestnut                 68 18.9%      Untamed Domain      $335,600
Gray/Roan                30  8.3%      Catholic Boy        $314,000
TOTAL                   360            Greyvitos           $306,345
                                       Snapper Sinclair    $272,360
BIRTHPLACE              2018           McKinzie            $270,000
(United States)                        Sporting Chance     $269,140
Kentucky                288    80.0%   Sioux Nation        $261,529
Florida                  14     3.9%
Maryland                 10     2.8%   GRADE/GROUP I WINNERS (9)
New York                  9     2.5%   Bolt d’Oro (Del Mar Futurity/FrontRunner)
California                5     1.4%   Firenze Fire (Champagne)
Louisiana                 4     1.1%   Free Drop Billy (Breeders’ Futurity)
Ohio                      3     0.8%   Good Magic (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile)
Indiana                   2     0.6%   McKinzie (Los Alamitos Futurity)
Oklahoma                  2     0.6%   Mendelssohn (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf)
Virginia                  2     0.6%   Sioux Nation (Phoenix)
Arizona                   1     0.3%   Sporting Chance (Hopeful)
Arkansas                  1     0.3%   U S Navy Flag (Middle Park/Dewhurst)
New Jersey                1     0.3%
Pennsylvania              1     0.3%   GRADE/GROUP II WINNERS (7)
TOTAL                   343    95.3%   Avery Island (Nashua)
                                       Catholic Boy (Remsen)
BIRTHPLACE              2018           Copper Bullet (Saratoga Special)
(International)                        Enticed (Kentucky Jockey Club)
Ontario, Canada           7     1.9%   Seahenge (Champagne)
Ireland                   6     1.7%   Untamed Domain (Summer)
Great Britain             2     0.6%   Wonder Gadot (f) (Demoiselle)
Japan                     2     0.6%
TOTAL                    17     4.7%   GRADE/GROUP III WINNERS (4)
                                       Analyze It (Cecil B. DeMille)
                                       Greyvitos (Bob Hope)
                                       Instilled Regard (Lecomte)
                                       Seabhac (Pilgrim)

                                       GRADE/GROUP I PLACED (6)
                                       Bravazo (Breeders’ Futurity)
                                       Givemeaminit (Hopeful)
                                       Lone Sailor (Breeders’ Futurity)
                                       Solomini (FrontRunner/BC Juvenile/Los Alamitos Futurity)
                                       Take the One O One (FrontRunner)
                                       Zatter (Del Mar Futurity)
GRADE/GROUP II PLACED (6)                              Montauk                  $850,000   OBSAPR17
Dia de Pago (Best Pal)                                 Tough Times              $850,000   KEESEP16
Hollywood Star (Saratoga Special)                      Bugle Notes              $825,000   KEESEP16
Murillo (Coventry/Railway)                             Arrival                  $800,000   KEESEP16
Promises Fulfilled (Kentucky Jockey Club)              Biblical                 $800,000   FTSAUG16
Tiz Mischief (Kentucky Jockey Club)                    New York Central         $750,000   FTSAUG16
Vouch (Remsen)                                         Seahenge                 $750,000   KEESEP16
                                                       Zulfikhar                $750,000   FTFMAR17
GRADE/GROUP III PLACED (11)                            Life’s a Parlay          $725,000   KEESEP16
Barry Lee (Futurity)                                   Alfareed                 $710,000   EASMAY17
Beautiful Shot (Bob Hope)                              Mississippi              $700,000   FTFMAR17
Hazapour (IRE) (Eyrefield)                             Mask                     $685,000   KEESEP16
Irish Territory (IRE) (With Anticipation)              (15) Rebridled Dreams    $675,000   KEESEP16
Maraud (Pilgrim)                                       Dawood                   $675,000   KEESEP16
Mojovation (Futurity)                                  Victory Lane             $675,000   KEESEP16
Mourinho (Bob Hope)                                    Tabia                    $650,000   KEESEP16
My Boy Jack (Sham)                                     Bolt d’Oro               $630,000   FTSAUG16
Peppered (Grey)                                        Dak Attack               $625,000   KEESEP16
Principe Guilherme (Lecomte)                           He Takes Charge          $625,000   KEESEP16
Snapper Sinclair (Lecomte)                             Mourinho                 $625,000   OBSMAR17
                                                       National Flag            $600,000   KEESEP16
FILLIES (4)                                            Principe Guilherme       $600,000   FTKNOV15
Amy’s Challenge (f)                                    Scrapper                 $600,000   OBSMAR17
Heavenhasmynikki (f)                                   Tricks to Doo            $600,000   OBSMAR17
Miss Mo Mentum (f)                                     Song of the Nile         $575,000   KEESEP16
Wonder Gadot (f)                                       Sporting Chance          $575,000   KEESEP16
                                                       (15) Jody Slew           $550,000   FTSAUG16
BASED OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA (19)                       Hollywood Star           $550,000   KEESEP16
Bandua                Dermot Weld (Ireland)            King Zachary             $550,000   KEESEP16
Big Brown Bear        Doug Watson (Dubai)              Orbed                    $525,000   EASMAY17
Burgundy Boy (IRE)    Dermot Weld (Ireland)            Dominant Strategy        $520,000   KEESEP16
Copano Kicking        Akira Murayama (Japan)           Replicator               $520,000   KEESEP16
Gronkowski            Jeremy Noseda (England)          Audible                  $500,000   FTFMAR17
Hazapour (IRE)        Dermot Weld (Ireland)            Base Command             $500,000   KEESEP16
Make The Switch (IRE) Dermot Weld (Ireland)            Galatians                $500,000   KEESEP16
Mendelssohn           Aidan O’Brien (Ireland)          Justify                  $500,000   KEESEP16
Murillo               Aidan O’Brien (Ireland)          Murillo                  $500,000   KEENOV15
Ruggero (JPN)         Yuichi Shikato (Japan)
Seahenge              Aidan O’Brien (Ireland)          TRAINERS
Seeking Sheba Town    Doug Watson (Dubai)              Todd Pletcher           37
Sioux Nation          Aidan O’Brien (Ireland)          Bob Baffert             32
Tale of Fire          Doug Watson (Dubai)              Steve Asmussen          17
Three Weeks           William Haggas (England)         Dale Romans             11
Threeandfourpence     Aidan O’Brien (Ireland)          Mark Casse              10
U S Navy Flag         Aidan O’Brien (Ireland)          Chad Brown               9
Walk in the Sun       Jeremy Noseda (England)          Jerry Hollendorfer       8
Work and Love (Jpn)   Hidetaka Tadokoro (Japan)        D. Wayne Lukas           8
                                                       Dallas Stewart           8
AUCTION PURCHASE PRICE                                 Doug O’Neill             7
Mendelssohn       $3,000,000                KEESEP16   Jimmy Jerkens            6
Marconi           $2,000,000                KEESEP16   Mike Maker               6
Curlin’s Honor    $1,500,000                EASMAY17   Kenny McPeek             6
Explorer          $1,250,000                OBSMAR17   Aidan O’Brien            6
Phoenix Fire      $1,250,000                FTSAUG16   Richard Mandella         5
Instilled Regard  $1,050,000                OBSMAR17   Shug McGaughey III       5
Good Magic        $1,000,000                KEESEP16   Bill Mott                5
Ironwood            $950,000                OBSMAR17   Horacio DePaz            4
Nero                $950,000                FTSAUG16   Keith Desormeaux         4
Pitino              $950,000                OBSMAR17   Mark Hennig              4
Navistar            $900,000                OBSMAR17   Ron Moquett              4
Tap Rap Strike      $875,000                OBSMAR17   Tom Morley               4
Graham Motion            4        KENTUCKY DERBY-WINNING OWNERS
Dermot Weld              4        Zayat Stables, LLC       12
Ian Wilkes               4        WinStar Farm LLC         11
                                  Michael Tabor            10
HALL OF FAME TRAINERS             West Point Thoroughbreds 10
Bob Baffert        32             Calumet Farm              9
Steve Asmussen     17             St. Elias Stable          9
Jerry Hollendorfer  8             John C. Oxley             5
D. Wayne Lukas      8             Phipps Stable             4
Richard Mandella    5             Reddam Racing LLC         3
Shug McGaughey III  5             Lael Stables              2
Bill Mott           5             Paul Pompa Jr.            2
Roger Attfield      1             Brooklyn Boyz Stables     1
Nick Zito           1             Stuart S. Janney III      1
                                  Perry Martin              1
KENTUCKY DERBY-WINNING TRAINERS   MeB Racing Stables LLC    1
Todd Pletcher      37             Mike Pegram               1
Bob Baffert        32             Team Valor International  1
D. Wayne Lukas      8
Doug O’Neill        7             BREEDERS (includes partnerships)
Shug McGaughey III  5             Charles E. Fipke            11
Graham Motion       4             Gainesway Throughbreds Ltd. 10
Barclay Tagg        2             Godolphin                    9
Michael Matz        2             WinStar Farm, LLC            9
John Servis         2             Calumet Farm                 6
Art Sherman         1             Fred W. Hertrich III         5
Nick Zito           1             Colts Neck Stables LLC       4
                                  John D. Fielding             4
OWNERS (includes partnerships)    Helen K. Groves              4
Zayat Stables, LLC          12    Phipps Stable                4
WinStar Farm LLC            11
China Horse Club                  LEADING SIRES
International, Ltd.         10    Tapit                   22
Charles E. Fipke            10    Pioneerof the Nile      12
Michael Tabor, Mrs. John          Candy Ride (ARG)        11
Magnier & Derrick Smith     10    Curlin                  11
West Point Thoroughbreds 10       Into Mischief           10
Calumet Farm                 9    Medaglia d’Oro           9
St. Elias Stable             9    Scat Daddy               9
Winchell Thoroughbreds       8    Orb                      8
Godolphin Racing LLC         5    Tiznow                   8
John C. Oxley                5    Violence                 8
Sagamore Farm                5    Malibu Moon              7
Centennial Farms             4    More Than Ready          7
Jay Em Ess Stable            4    Uncle Mo                 7
Robert V. LaPenta            4    Bernardini               6
Alex and JoAnn Lieblong      4    Midnight Lute            6
Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. 4     Quality Road             6
Phipps Stable                4    Speightstown             6
Repole Stable                4    Street Sense             6
Spendthrift Farm LLC         4    Blame                    5
Stonestreet Stables LLC      4    Bodemeister              5
Willis Horton Racing LLC     4    Creative Cause           5
Zedan Racing Stables Inc.    4    Ghostzapper              5
                                  Giant’s Causeway         5
STALLIONS WHO SIRED KENTUCKY DERBY   MISCELLANEOUS (2018)
WINNERS                              Winners                   182   50.6%
Pioneerof the Nile 12                Maidens                   178   49.4%
Malibu Moon         7                Unraced Horses             78   21.7%
Uncle Mo            7                Did Not Races at age 2    106   29.4%
Bodemeister         5                Not Based in North America 19    5.3%
Distorted Humor     2                Grade/Group I Winners       9    2.5%
Elusive Quality     1                Grade/Group II Winners      7    1.9%
Lucky Pulpit        1                Grade/Group III Winners     4    1.1%
Street Cry (IRE)    1                Grade/Group I Placed        6    1.7%
                                     Grade/Group II Placed       6    1.7%
KENTUCKY DERBY-WINNING SIRES         Grade/Group III Placed     11    3.1%
Orb               8                  Career Earnings $100,000+  55   15.3%
Street Sense      6                  $300,000+ Auction Purchase 98   27.2%
Animal Kingdom    2
Super Saver       1
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                              2018 TRIPLE CROWN NOMINEES
(g) = gelding                         Bocephus              E
(r) = ridgling                        Bodie Tap             Eagle Strike
(f) = filly                           Bolt d'Oro            Eclipsed Moon
                                      Botero                Egyptian Pioneer
Unnamed                               Brasstown (g)         Eisenstaedt
(15) Fortune Queen                    Bravazo               Emergent
(15) Great Passion                    Brave Nation          Empire Line
(15) Jody Slew                        Bugle Notes           Enjoy the Journey
(15) Rebridled Dreams                 Burgundy Boy (IRE)    Enticed
                                                            Evaluator
A                                     C                     Exclamation Point
Achiever                              C C Rider             Explorer
Afleet Ascent                         Calexman              Ezmosh
Agent Bond                            California Night
Airtouch                              Call a Cop            F
Alfareed                              Call West             Factor This
Ali                                   Camby                 Family Kitten
All Systems Go                        Candygram             Fascilitator
Alpha to Omega                        Catholic Boy          Fast Talking
Alpharomeo Fifteen (r)                Causeur               Faversham (r)
Alternative Route                     Ceevee                Fight On
Amy's Challenge (f)                   Chaps                 Fire When Ready (g)
Analyze It                            Choo Choo             Firenze Fire
And Still                             Clever Mind           Flat Fast
Arazi Like Move (g)                   Coltandmississippi    For Him (r)
Arched Feather                        Combatant             Fortified Effort (g)
Argonne                               Copano Kicking (g)    Free Drop Billy
Ark in the Dark                       Copper Bullet         Free Enterprise
Arrival                               Country Squire
Audible                               Cove Blue             G
Autostrade                            Curlin's Honor        Galatians
Avery Island                          Curlin's On Fire      Gambit
Ax Man                                Curly's Rocket        Gidu (IRE)
Ayacara (GB)                                                Givemeaminit
                                      D                     Gleason
B                                     Dak Attack            Global Citizen
B I Moody                             Dark Templar          Go Get the Munny (g)
B On Time                             Dark Vader            Good Magic
Bail Out                              Dawood                Goodwillambassador
Bal Harbour                           Demolition            Gotta Go
Bandito                               Deputy Bernardini     Gracida (r)
Bandua                                Deputy Czar (g)       Grandpa Knows Best
Barry Lee                             Desert Stone (IRE)    Great Commission
Base Command                          Dia de Pago           Greyvitos
Beautiful Shot (r)                    Diamond King          Gronkowski
Biblical                              Dominant Strategy
Big Brown Bear                        Draft Pick            H
Big Buzz                              Dream Baby Dream      Halel
Big Gemmy                             Dream Friend          Hawkish (g)
Blame the Rider                       Dreamer's Point (g)   Hazapour (IRE)
Blasphemy                             Dry Levee             Hazit
Blaze of Glory                        Dunk                  He Hate Me
Bobby Axelrod                         Dynamic Asset         He Takes Charge
Bobby's Wicked One                                          Heartfullofstars
Heavenhasmynikki (f)    Mendelssohn            Prolific
Heck Yeah               Mercertown             Promises Fulfilled
Here's Carlos (g)       Midnite Masquerade     Proven Reserves
High North              Mind Trappe
Higher Power            Mintz                  Q
Hill Bent               Miss Mo Mentum (f)     Quip
Hofburg                 Mississippi
Hollywood Star          Mitole                 R
Honor Guard             Mo Zone                Racing Raven
Honorable Treasure      Mojovation             Rahfee Town
Hyndford                Monkeyseemonkeydo      Readyforperfection
                        Montauk                Real Factor
I                       Morning Hunt           Redoute's Light
Ike                     Most Amusing           Regulate
Impact Player           Mourinho               Replicator
Instilled Regard        Mr. President          Reride
Irish Spring            Mt. Rushmore           Restoring Hope
Irish Territory (IRE)   Mufasa                 Restrainedvengence (g)
Ironwood                Murillo                Retirement Fund
                        My Boy Jack            Ride a Comet
J                       My Dream               Ride to the Wire
Jimmy Chila             Myluckycharm           Rivington
John Tippmann                                  Road to Damascus
Jungle Warfare (r)      N                      Road to Meath
Just Be Frank (g)       National Flag          Route Six Six
Just Whistle            Navistar               Royal Edition
Justify                 Navy Armed Guard (g)   Rucksack
                        Nero                   Ruggero (JPN)
K                       New Colossus
Kanthaka                New York Central       S
Key to the Nile         Noble Indy             Salmanazar
King Zachary            Nola Win               Samdar
Kris' Rocket Kat        Numero Thirteen        San Elijo (g)
                                               Santiamen
L                       O                      Saratoga Morning
Last Bad Habit          Old Time Revival       Scat Big Dad
Leinster                Oldfashioned Club      Scrapper
Life's a Parlay         One More Tom (g)       Sea Foam
Lighthawk               One Thirty Nine        Seabhac
Limation                Orbed                  Seahenge
Lionite                 Orbit Rain (r)         Seeking Sheba Town
Locomotion              Original Intent        Septimius Severus
Lombo                   Oskar Blues            Seven Trumpets
Lone Sailor                                    Shane Zain
Longden (GB) (r)        P                      Shivermetimbers
                        Paddock Pick (r)       Show Time Rocket
M                       Paint Me Lucky         Silver Hammer
M G Warrior             Pali High              Sioux Nation
Machismo                Peace                  Slot
Magic Musketier         Peace of Ekati         Snapper Sinclair
Magicalmeister          Pepe Tono              Solomini
Magnum Moon             Peppered               Soltero
Make The Switch (IRE)   Perfect Seeker         Somebody
Maraud                  Personal Time          Song of the Nile
Marconi                 Phoenix Fire (r)       Soul Beam
Mask                    Pitino                 Soul Streit (r)
Masked                  Piven                  Soutache
Master Manipulator      Point to Remember      Spanish Bay (g)
Maynooth                Pony Up                Sphene
Mayrhofen               Principe Guilherme     Sporting Chance
McKinzie                Private Eye (g)        Still Having Fun
Storm Runner          Y
Strike Power          Year of the Kitten
Stuart Hall           Yeehaw
Super Sol
Supreme Aura          Z
Swash and Buckle      Zatter
                      Zing Zang
T                     Zulfikhar
Tabia (g)
Take the One O One
Tale of Fire
Talent Scout
Talon
Tap Rap Strike
Tapitor
Tattooed (g)
Telekinesis
Tenfold
The Green Mo'ster
The Money Dance
There and Back
Thousandyardstare
Three Weeks
Threeandfourpence
Times Square
Tip Sheet
Title Ready
Tiz Mischief
Tiz Our Turn
Tough Times
Tradecraft
Transgress
Tres Equis
Tricks to Doo
Trooper

U
U S Navy Flag
Union Ranks
Untamed Domain

V
V. I. P. Code
Verve's Humor
Victory Lane
Vino Rosso
Violent Storm (g)
Vouch

W
Walk in the Sun
Watschen
Westerdale (r)
Whereshetoldmetogo
Wild Popit
Wisdom an War
Wisely
Wonder Gadot (f)
Work and Love (JPN)
World of Trouble
Wyatt's Town
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