20 such horses enrolled in the Derby and only three of those made their announcement that they were going for the Triple Crown.”””
MY understandig is slightly different:
ALL the horses had to ‘nominate” for the Triple Crown to run in the Derby.
I do not know the nomination fee or the cut-off date for the Triple Crown.
However, many ‘nominated horse’ owners did not then pay to ENTER the Derby in May, which is another fee.
Many horses owners also didn’t pay the entry fee for the Preakness & run them there.
11 horses went to the gate on last Saturday. The 1st & 2nd place horses did not run in either of the prior 2 races. Only 3 horses did all 3 races. Ride On Curlin-—General A Rod—and California Chrome.
What really pisses me off is how all these writers and sports show hosts are piling on this guy now. Hacks who know absolutely nothing about what it takes to produce a champion horse such as CC..........
CC is a great little horse and you can't take anything away from his and his owners accomplishments to date.
As a side note, following Secretariat's death, a necropsy was performed and it was discovered that his heart was approx. 2 1/3 times larger than a normal horse's heart...........
He also sired approx. 600 kids, not a bad job to hold when one is retired............LOL!