Full-brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness third-place finisher Mage. Won Aqueduct's Remsen and Gulfstream's Fountain of Youth before a 4th-place finish in Keeneland's Blue Grass.

Top point-earner in the Kentucky Derby qualifying races this year, he won the Risen Star at Fair Grounds and the Blue Grass at Keeneland. A nose short of perfection in 4 starts when runner-up in Aqueduct's Remsen in November. Late-runner will be among the top-2 betting choices.

Arkansas Derby third-place finisher was brilliant on a wet track in his prior start, an 8-length win in Oaklawn's Southwest. Son of 2-time Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Goldencents. Trainer McPeek has a Belmont Stakes title on his resume.

Rallied from 11th and last to win the Louisiana Derby over 1-3/16 miles, just 110 yards shorter than the Kentucky Derby distance. Champion trainer Cox officially won the '21 Derby via disqualification with Mandaloun.

Lightly raced Florida Derby runner-up has made only 3 starts, but his 13-length defeat vs. Fierceness at Gulfstream got him the necessary points to try the Kentucky Derby. Lone victory came in a 6-1/2 furlong sprint in October at Gulfstream.

Runner-up in Oaklawn's Smarty Jones, Southwest and Arkansas Derby brings 88-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas back to the Triple Crown - where he's won 14 times - and 24-year-old jockey Keith Asmussen (son of trainer Steve) to his first. Colt is a son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify.

Winner of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes in November, he's since run fifth in the Risen Star Stakes and second in the Louisiana Derby, both at Fair Grounds. First Triple Crown starter for trainer Whit Beckman, a former assistant to Todd Pletcher & Chad Brown.

Gotham and Blue Grass runner-up seeks his first stakes victory. Son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, who also was a late debut runner in his sophomore year before exploding onto the scene. Trainer Cox has won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont to date. PHOTO: Fair Grounds/Hodges

A neck away from perfection, he's won the John Battaglia Memorial on synthetic at Turfway and Keeneland's Lexington on dirt in his last 2 starts. Son of 2016 Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness third-place finisher Nyquist. Trainer Cox has a Derby and Belmont win to his credit.

The most inexperienced Triple Crown prospect in this year's crop hails from Japan and won that nation's Road to the Kentucky Derby points chase by winning the Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama. Has won both races at 1-1/8 miles distances on dirt. Japan seeks its first American Triple Crown race glory. PHOTO: Yuki Shimono

Japanese-based globetrotter won the Saudi Derby and UAE Derby en route to America. Fourth horse ever to contest a May Derby edition with $2 million already earned. Japan seeks its first Triple Crown race winner in the US.

Veteran of New Orleans' Fair Grounds, he won the Gun Runner and Lecomte Stakes before a second in the Risen Star and fourth in the Louisiana Derby. Trainer Steve Asmussen's all-time record wins total of more than 10,000 includes Preakness and Belmont wins, but no Kentucky Derby.

$11K bargain buy was Jeff Ruby runner-up and 2-time stakes-placed on dirt this winter at Tampa Bay Downs. Won Iroquois at Churchill Downs at age 2. Son of '16 Derby runner-up and Preakness winner Exaggerator. Trainer Demeritte, Bahamas native, bids first Triple Crown while battling cancer.

Top synthetic surface and turf performer has won the El Camino Real Derby and Jeff Ruby in recent starts. Earned automatic Preakness berth by winning the El Camino Real Derby at Pimlico sister-track Golden Gate Fields in February, a path successful from '21 Preakness champ Rombauer for same trainer. Has yet to race on dirt.

Tampa Bay Derby winner also outfinished Kentucky Derby favorite Fierceness when running second in the Holy Bull at Gulfstream. Two-time Preakness-winning trainer Brown seeks his first Derby, Belmont titles and also has Sierra Leone in this class.

Third-place finisher in the Florida Derby, Tampa Bay Derby, Swale and Zuma Beach, racing multiple distances and surfaces on both coasts. Both career wins came on Gulfstream's synthetic surface in sprint races. Sire Uncle Mo sired '22 Belmont winner Mo Donegal and '16 Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness third-place finisher Nyquist..

Champion 2-Year-Old and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner of 2023, he announced likely Kentucky Derby favoritism with a record 13-length victory margin in the Florida Derby. Owner-trainer deflated on Derby morning last year when favorite Forte forced to scratch with injury. Pletcher 2-time Derby winner.

Santa Anita Derby & Sunland Park Derby winner is the first Triple Crown starter for his trainer and jockey. Son of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, who won the Breeders' Cup Classic that year.

Earned his way to the Triple Crown series winning Aqueduct's Wood Memorial for his first stakes victory. That followed his fourth-place effort in the Risen Star at Fair Grounds. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott has won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont, but seeks his first Preakness.

Perhaps the most unlikely Triple Crown participant of 2024, running second in Aqueduct's Wood Memorial at 106-1 odds to earn the chance to compete. Defeated 15 lengths in the Withers in his only prior stakes race. Son of Good Magic, sire of '23 Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness third-place finisher Mage.

Blue Grass Stakes third-place finisher was runner-up in Turfway's John Battaglia Memorial. First Triple Crown foray for trainer John Ennis. Son of 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Blame, who won that year at Churchill and earlier in the year won Pimlico's Schaefer on the Preakness undercard.

Blue Grass Stakes fifth-place finisher was also fourth in the John Battaglia Memorial. His lone win came in a Gulfstream maiden race in November. Last on the also-eligible list for horses aimed at Derby 150.