Below is the complete list of early nominees to Triple Crown 2009. There were 401 nominees during the early nomination process, which closed Jan. 24 with payment of $600 per horse. Late nominations can be made at a cost of $6,000, by the deadline of March 28.
| NAME | SEX | COLOR | SIRE | DAM | BREEDER | TRAINER | OWNER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obligingly | C | B | Officer | Arctic Affair | Sabine Stable | Todd A. Pletcher | Winstar Farm Llc |
| Ohio State | C | Ch | Distorted Humor | Buckeye Search | R. S. Evans | Timothy F. Ritchey | R. S. Evans |
| Oil Man (ire) | C | B | Pyrus | So Precious (ire) | Diana Webley | John W. Sadler | Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, Llc And Tala, Michael |
| Old Fashioned | C | Gr/ro | Unbridled's Song | Collect Call | Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez | J. Larry Jones | Fox Hill Farms, Inc. |
| Omniscient | C | Dk B/ | Pulpit | Actceptional | North Wales Llc | Steven M. Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables Llc |
| Orthodox | C | B | Pulpit | Dominique's Joy | Mr. & Mrs. John Glenney Jr. | John Glenney | Glenney, John And Kim |
| Oscar Bound | C | B | Doneraile Court | Heartwood | Padua Stables | Brian J. Koriner | Super Horse, Inc. |
| Our Edge | C | B | The Cliff's Edge | Cash The Flash | Terrapin Stables Inc, Phillip Cohen &marcia Cohen | Nicholas P. Zito | Robert V. Lapenta |
| Oyster Cat | C | B | Tale Of The Cat | Freshwater Pearl (ire) | A. Lakin & Sons & J. Kintz | Shannon Ritter | Winstar Farm Llc |