Right to Party among five late Triple Crown nominees

Right to Party, runner-up in last Saturday's Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, was one of five 3-year-olds who were made late nominees to the Triple Crown for a fee of $6,000, it was announced Tuesday.

Right to Party, a son of Constitution trained by Kenny McPeek for owner Chester Broman, has enough points (65) to make it into the field for the May 2 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. He earned 50 points for his effort in the Wood and had 15 for his third-place finish in the Gotham.

Taj Mahal and Let's Go Lando, separated by a neck when finishing first and second in the Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel, and recent debut winners Bourbon Dream and Volendam were the others nominated to the Triple Crown by Monday's second deadline. None of those horses have any Derby qualifying points.

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Taj Mahal and Let's Go Lando could run in the Federico Tesio Stakes on April 18 at Laurel. The winner of that race gets a fees-paid berth into the May 16 Preakness.

There were 367 3-year-olds nominated to the Triple Crown by the Jan. 26 deadline, when the fee was $600.

Horses can still be supplemented to the Triple Crown for a fee of $200,000 for all three races, $150,000 for the Preakness and Belmont, or $50,000 for just the Belmont, which will be run June 6 at Saratoga.

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