$6K late nominees to the Triple Crown

[hockey2315]

Barrier Reef is entered in the G3 Central Bank Transylvania Stakes on Friday at Keeneland vs. Prussian. Looks like he won't be going to the Derby.

[smuthg]

Was or is Country Star already nominated?

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Barrier Reef is entered in the G3 Central Bank Transylvania Stakes on Friday at Keeneland vs. Prussian. Looks like he won't be going to the Derby.

Remember though that Sedgefield used the Transylvania last year before running fourth in the Derby. (This is not a Barrier Reef endorsement).

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Remember though that Sedgefield used the Transylvania last year before running fourth in the Derby. (This is not a Barrier Reef endorsement).

I thought about that but I don't think Barrier Reef has any graded earnings right now. The 90K he would get for winning the Transylvania probably won't get him in the derby so if the connections were serious about going I think they'd try one of the conventional dirt preps.

[hockey2315]

Very good point, Sniper.

[Dunbar]

I don't get this. My DerbyWatch email from DRF says:

"* Recapture the Glory was announced as another late nominee to the Triple Crown by Triple Crown Productions, bringing the total of late nominees to 11 and the overall number of nominees to 460, which equals the overall record set last year. There has been a common nomination form for the Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes since 1986."

How does this come out 5 days after the supposed cutoff?!

--Dunbar

[eajinabi]

Sheikh Mohammed found $6000 under his couch cushion so he decided to nominate Barrier Reef.

This horse is my pick for the derby if he can get in but looks like connections are not forcing it by putting him in a turf race in bis next start

[Linny]

The modest level of some of the late nominees speaks to what a mess this year's bunch is. As mentioned this is a nomination to all three races, not just the Derby. Some may be looking ahead to the Preakness or Belmont.
The late report of Recapture the Glory's nomination may just be an oversight. His name may not have been on the press release from last wek, by accident. I doubt that he was nominated after the cutoff.