National Jockey Club Handicap (gr. III) at Hawthorne Race Course, which will be contested over 1 1/8-miles on April 17. Trained by Wally Dollase, Ten Most Wanted won last year's Illinois Derby (gr. II) at Hawthorne. He followed that effort with a second place finish in both the Belmont (gr. I) and Swaps (gr. II) before going on to win the Travers (gr. I) and Super Derby (gr. II). The son of Deputy Commader finished fifth, after a troubled trip, in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I) to close out the year. Ten Most Wanted opened the year with another troubled fifth-place finish in the Feb. 29 New Orleans Handicap (gr. II) at Fair Grounds.
The complete list of nominations includes:
Be Like Mike (Niall O'Callaghan)
Cat Tracker (Elliott Walden)
Colonial Colony (Walter Bindner)
Fighting Indians (Charles Bettis)
Flemish Cap (Jerry Gryczewski)
Freefourinternet (Joan Scott)
Gift of the Eagle (John Shirreffs)
Intern (Lara Van Deren)
Majestic Thief (Walter Bindner, Jr.)
New York Hero (Jennifer Pedersen)
Ole Faunty (Elliott Walden)
Olmodavor (Richard Mandella)
Parrott Bay (Kenneth Hoffman)
Quest Star (Elliott Walden)
Rogue Agent (Michael Brice)
Saarland (Claude McGaughey III)
Ten Most Wanted (Wallace Dollase)
Toccet (John Scanlan)
Woodmoon (Niall O'Callaghan)