Champion Juvenile Citizen Bull Tops 2025 Triple Crown Nominations

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Eclipse Champion Juvenile Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) tops a list of 373 total 3-year-olds who were made eligible to this year's Triple Crown series, Churchill Downs announced Tuesday.

This year's total represents a 7.8% increase from last year's 346 early nominations. Additionally, a record 69 Japan-based horses, trained by 33 different conditioners, were nominated, which shattered last year's record of 47.

Sixty of the nominees have already won stakes races, including the top 10 point leaders on the Road to the Kentucky Derby: Citizen Bull, Speed King (Volatile), Coal Battle (Coal Front), Burnham Square (Liam's Map), Disco Time (Not This Time), 'TDN Rising Star' Captain Cook (Practical Joke), Built (Hard Spun), Gaming (Game Winner), 'TDN Rising Star' Getaway Car (Curlin) and 'TDN Rising Star' Jonathan's Way (Vekoma). The list also includes Grade I winners and 'TDN Rising Stars' Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) and East Avenue (Medgalia d'Oro).

Seven fillies were also nominated including: Beauty Reigns (Into Mischief), Mistress (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Necessity (Constitution), Promised Gene (Jpn) (Nadal), Queen's Chocolat (Jpn) (Tiz the Law), Velvet Devil (Kantharos) and Vilja Lied (Jpn) (Nadal).

The nominations feature several of the sport's top conditioners, led by Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who has 32 horses nominated. Other leading trainers include Bob Baffert (21), Brad Cox (14), Chad Brown (13) and Kenny McPeek (12).

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