Justify, the 2018 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year, Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, and jockeys Joel Rosario and Jorge Chavez join 13 previously nominated horses and horsemen as finalists eligible for induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, it was announced on Tuesday. Justify, Gun Runner, and Rosario are on the ballot in their first-year of eligibility. Chavez, who retired in 2011, was previously a finalist in 2006. That quartet join horses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Gio Ponti, Havre de Grace, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, and Rags to Riches, and trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran McLaughlin, Graham Motion, Doug O’Neill, John Sadler, and John Shirreffs -- all of whom appeared on the ballot in recent years, including 2023. All finalists must receive two-thirds support from the 15-member Nominating Committee to make the ballot. In order to gain induction, a finalist must receive 50 percent plus one vote among ballots returned. Ballots were expected to be mailed out this week with the class of 2024 set to be announced on April 23. That announcement will also include this year’s selections by the Museum’s Historic Review and Pillars of the Turf committees The induction ceremony will be held on Aug. 2 at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, trainers must be licensed for 25 years, while jockeys must be licensed for 20 years. Thoroughbreds are required to be retired for five calendar years. All of the contemporary candidates must have been active within the past 25 years. Though Justify became the 13th Triple Crown winner when he swept the 2018 Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, his six-race career lasted all of 111 days and was not without controversy. Following his victory in the Santa Anita Derby -- four weeks prior to the Kentucky Derby -- Justify tested positive for scopolamine, a compound commonly found in jimsonweed, a wild-growing plant. The positive test was not revealed until it was reported in the New York Times four months after the Triple Crown. The connections of Bolt d’Oro, the 2018 Santa Anita Derby runner-up, are still in court seeking the disqualification of Justify from that race. Justify, a son of Scat Daddy, was campaigned by China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing, and WinStar Farm and was trained by Bob Baffert. Gun Runner, a son of Candy Ride owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm and trained by Steve Asmussen, compiled a record of 12-3-1 from 17 starts. In 2017, he won the Breeders’ Cup Classic, Woodward, Whitney, and Stephen Foster and was crowned champion older dirt male and Horse of the Year. At the time of his retirement, his career earnings of $15,988,500 were second all-time behind Arrogate, a 2023 Hall of Fame inductee. Joel Rosario, 39, has won 3,586 races with purse earnings of $316 million, the latter statistic ranking him fourth all-time. He won the Eclipse Award for outstanding jockey in 2021. He has won 408 graded stakes, including 113 Grade 1s. Rosario won the Kentucky Derby in 2013 with Orb and the Belmont in 2014 with Tonalist and 2019 with Sir Winston. He has won 15 Breeders’ Cup races and twice won group races at Royal Ascot. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  Chavez, 62, won 4,526 races with purse earnings of $161,792,580 from 1988 through 2011. He was voted the Eclipse Award for outstanding jockey in 1999 and won the 2001 Kentucky Derby aboard Monarchos. He won two Breeders’ Cup races and was the leading rider on the New York Racing Association circuit from 1994 through 1999. He won seven riding titles at Aqueduct and five at Belmont. Chavez won 196 graded stakes on horses such as champions Artax and Beautiful Pleasure, as well as Affirmed Success, Albert the Great, Behrens, Flower Alley, Lido Palace, Spain, Val’s Prince, and Will’s Way, among others. Blind Luck was the champion 3-year-old filly of 2010. A daughter of Pollard’s Vision, Blind Luck had a 12-7-2 record from 22 starters and earned $3.2 million. She won 10 graded stakes and six Grade 1s, including the Kentucky Oaks, Oak Leaf, and Starlet. Blind Luck was owned by Mark DeDomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo, and her trainer, Jerry Hollendorfer. Blind Luck defeated fellow finalist Havre de Grace three times.  Havre de Grace, who beat Blind Luck in the Azeri Stakes, was Horse of the Year and champion older female in 2011. That year, Havre de Grace beat males in the Grade 1 Woodward while also winning the Apple Blossom and Beldame. Havre de Grace, a daughter of Saint Liam, was campaigned by Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farm and was trained by Anthony Dutrow at ages 2 and 3 and Larry Jones thereafter. Game On Dude compiled a record of 16-7-1 from 34 starts, won 14 graded stakes, including eight Grade 1s, while racing from 2010 to 2014. He is the only horse to have won the Santa Anita Handicap three times. Trained by Baffert, Game On Dude was owned by Joe Torre’s Diamond Pride Stable, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable, and Bernie Schiappa. Gio Ponti won the Eclipse Award for champion turf male in 2009 and 2010 and was the champion older male in 2009. A son of Tale of the Cat owned by Castleton Lyons and trained by Clement, Gio Ponti posted a career record of 12-10-1 from 29 starts and earned $6,169,800. Kona Gold was the champion sprinter in 2000 after setting a six-furlong track record at Churchill Downs winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.  He compiled a record of 14-7-2 from 30 starts, and won 10 graded stakes racing from 1998 to 2003 for trainer and part-owner Bruce Headley as well as owners Irwin and Andrew Molasky and Michael Singh. Lady Eli overcame laminitis to win the Eclipse Award as champion female turf horse in 2017. She had a record of 10-3-0 from 14 career starts, and eight graded stakes wins. She was campaigned by Sheep Pond Partners and trained by Chad Brown. In 2007, Rags to Riches became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 102 years. The champion 3-year-old filly that year, Rags to Riches retired with a record of 5-1-0 from seven starts and earnings of $1.3 million. Rags to Riches, a daughter of A.P. Indy, was owned by the Coolmore connections of Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith and trained by Todd Pletcher. Clement, 58, has won 2,443 races (through Feb. 19) and his horses have earned more than $169 million. In addition to training Hall of Fame finalist Gio Ponti, Clement’s top horses included 2014 Belmont winner Tonalist, Discreet Marq, Forbidden Apple, Gufo, Voodoo Dancer, and Pizza Bianca, the latter who won the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Motion 59, has won 2,709 races with purse earnings of more than $151 million. He won the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup with Animal Kingdom, trained two-time Eclipse Award winner Main Sequence, and has won four Breeders’ Cup races. McLaughlin, 63, won 1,809 races and his horses earned $130,031,267 in a career that ran from 1995 to 2021. He won 179 group or graded races including the Belmont Stakes with Jazil. Among his top horses were Invasor, the 2006 Horse of the Year, and champions Lahudood, and Questing. McLaughlin retired from training in 2021 to become the agent for jockey Luis Saez. O’Neill, 55, has won 2,861 races and his horses have earned more than $160 million in a career that began in 1988. He has twice won the Kentucky Derby -- with I’ll Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016). I’ll Have Another also won the Preakness. O’Neill trained the nine-time graded stakes winner Lava Man as well as five Eclipse Award winners -- I’ll Have Another, Nyquist, Maryfield, Stevie Wonderboy, and Thor’s Echo. He also has won five Breeders' Cup races. Sadler  67, has won 2,782 races and his horses have earned more than $149 million in a career that began in 1978. He has won 188 graded stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Classic with Accelerate in 2018 and Flightline in 2022. Flightline went undefeated (6 for 6) in his career and was voted 2022 Horse of the Year. Sadler also trained champion Stellar Wind. Shirreffs, 78, has won 575 races including 107 graded stakes with purse earnings of more than $54 million. Shirreffs trained some horses as early as 1978 but began training full-time in 1994. He campaigned Hall of Famer Zenyatta, who won her first 19 starts before losing the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Zenyatta was a four-time Eclipse Award winner. Shirreffs won the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Giacomo. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.