Thirteen Triple Crown Nominees Added

Watch Me Go and Norman Asbjornson are among the late nominees.

Thirteen 3-year-old Thoroughbreds have joined the list of horses eligible to compete in the 2011 Triple Crown series. Those horses were nominated at a cost of $6,000 each during the Triple Crown’s late nomination period and are now eligible to run in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Preakness Stakes (gr. I), and Belmont Stakes (gr. I).

The addition of 13 horses to the roster of nominees to the 2011 Triple Crown nomination roster brings the total number of nominees to 377.

The most accomplished of the horses listed among the late Triple Crown nominees are Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II) winner Watch Me Go; Gotham (gr. III) runner-up Norman Asbjornson; unbeaten Smoke It Right; Turf Paradise Derby winner Beer Meister; Rushaway winner Swift Warrior; and Joe's Blazing Aaron, winner of the Palm Beach (gr. IIIT).

Owners and trainers have one more opportunity to make their horses eligible to run in the Kentucky Derby. Supplemental nominations can be made at the time of entry on Wednesday, May 4 at a cost of $200,000, or 10% of the $2 million guaranteed purse. Preference will be given to horses made eligible during the early and late nomination phases over supplemental nominees.

Horses made eligible for the Triple Crown in the late nomination period include:

Horse	Owner	Trainer
Beer Meister	James Egger & William Burns	Manuel Ortiz Sr.
Bowman’s Causeway	Martin Schwartz	Patrick Biancone
Joe’s Blazing Aaron	Joseph Witek	Mike Maker
Lagoon of Diamonds	Charles Fipke	Kelly Ackerman
Nacho Saint	Lori & George Hall	Kelly Breen
Norman Asbjornson	Thomas McClay & Harry Nye	Christopher Grove
Ruler On Ice	Lori & George Hall	Kelly Breen
Saratoga Red	Robert Baker & William Mack	D. Wayne Lukas
Smoke It Right	Rand Metoyer & Benard Chatters	Benard Chatters
Swift Warrior	James Covello & James Dolan	John Terranova II
Truman’s Commander	Robert LaPenta & Harry Rosenblum	Nick Zito
War Pact	Joseph Allen	Jean-Claude Rouget
Watch Me Go	Gilbert Campbell	Kathleen O’Connell