Nationalore (1995–2000) was a black thoroughbred gelding who contended the 1998 Kentucky Derby, despite having won none of his previous fifteen races, a record number at the time.^[1] He broke down during a race in 2000 and was euthanized. In his career, he finished in second or third place fourteen times.^[2] Nationalore was racing's richest maiden (non-winning horse), with earnings of $318,227.^[3]

Nationalore was by Video Ranger (fourth in the 1990 Kentucky Derby^[1]) out of Romantic Jet.^[4] He was trained and bred by his owner, Myung Kwon Cho.^[5]

As a two-year-old, he ran ten races, finishing second twice.^[5] That year, his fourth race in 34 days,^[6] and his most lucrative result, was third place in the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile, which earned him $120,000.^[7]

As a three-year-old, he was entered into the Kentucky Derby with career earnings of $283,767 from 15 races.^[7] Although Nationalore had won no races when he entered the Derby, he had earned more money than seven other starters in the race.^[1] Before the race, his assistant trainer, Rafael Martinez, said that Nationalore was better suited to distances longer than those in the races he had been running,^[7] and the Derby, being a quarter-mile longer, would suit him better.^[1] Nationalore went on to finish ninth from a field of 15 runners.^[5]

Nationalore was five years old when he was euthanized on 12 July 2000 after falling in a race at Hollywood Park and fracturing his shoulder.^[3] His final race was his 26th start.^[8]

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