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CHAMPIONS AMERICAN PHAROAH & TAKE CHARGE BRANDI, 34 PLETCHER HOPES AMONG 429 EARLY TRIPLE CROWN NOMINEES

LOUISVILLE, KY. (Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015) – Zayat Stables LLC’s American Pharoah, the Eclipse Award winner for champion 2-year-old colt of 2014, and Willis D. Horton’s Take Charge Brandi, who mounted a year-end charge to earn the honor of America’s 2014 juvenile filly champion, head an accomplished roster of 429 3-year-old Thoroughbreds made eligible to compete in the 2015 Triple Crown during the early nomination phase for the series of three classic races that includes the $2 million-guaranteed Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), the $1.5 million-guaranteed Preakness (GI) and the $1.5 million-guaranteed Belmont Stakes (GI).