Early Nominations for 2022 Triple Crown Series Due Saturday, Jan. 29

Jan 21, 2022

Early nominations for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds to become eligible to compete in the 2022 Triple Crown series are due Saturday, Jan. 29 with a $600 payment.

Payment for early Triple Crown nominations must be made at the time of entry on
www.TheTripleCrown.com. Information
regarding phone or mail-in entries can also be found on the website.

The 2022 Triple Crown opens Saturday, May 7 with the 148
^th running
of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) at 1 ¼
miles at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The 147
^th running of the
$1.5 million Preakness (GI), its 1 3/16-mile second jewel, is set for Saturday,
May 21 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. The 154
^th running of
the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI), the series’ 1 ½-mile final leg, is
scheduled for Saturday, June 11 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Last year’s Triple Crown
nominations attracted 326 early nominees plus nine late nominations.

Horses not nominated
during the early phase can be made eligible between Jan. 30-March 28 with a
$6,000 payment. Any horse not nominated 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
each Triple Crown race: Kentucky Derby ($200,000), Preakness ($150,000) and
Belmont ($50,000).

Representatives of the Triple Crown host tracks include:

• Churchill Downs: Vice President of Racing and Racing Secretary Ben
  Huffman
  at (502) 638-3820 or [email protected].
  … Assistant Racing Secretary and Stakes Coordinator
  Dan Bork at (502)
  638-3806 or
  [email protected]. …
  Racing Operations Manager
  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) 659-4217 or
  [email protected].