Welcome to our 2021 Mid-Atlantic Triple Crown Trail page, where you can follow all of the Triple Crown action!
KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS
Preakness: For Jari Villanueva, at least one more call to post
Bugler Jari Villanueva will sound the call to post one last time before today’s 150th Preakness and then retire — maybe.
Preakness “high on my list” for jock Saffie Osborne
Growing up in England, jockey Saffie Osborne didn’t give much thought to the Preakness. Nowadays, though, she says it’s high on her list.
PREAKNESS ENTRIES
- Simplification (6-1)
- Creative Minister (10-1)
- Fenwick (50-1)
- Secret Oath (9-2)
- Early Voting (7-2)
- Happy Jack (30-1)
- Armagnac (12-1)
- Epicenter (6-5)
- Skippylongstocking (20-1)
PREAKNESS NEWS
Experts’ Preakness Stakes picks
We asked our experts for their picks for Saturday’s 150th running of the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes. Here’s what they came up with.
Trading barbs, laughs at the Alibi Breakfast
Preakness trainers shared laughs — and exchanged barbs — during a light-hearted renewal of Pimlico’s venerable Alibi Breakfast Thursday.
Margie’s Intention scores in delayed Black-Eyed Susan
Making her first start in Brad Cox’s barn, Margie’s Intention jumped up from Louisiana-bred company to win the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at PImlico.
Preakness: Pay Billy could pay off in a big way
Nearly three dozen Minnesotans will head to Pimlico Saturday to cheer on Minnesota-owned Pay Billy, his owners’ first horse.
Experts’ Black-Eyed Susan day picks
We asked our experts for their take on who will win the key stakes Friday on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico. Their answers.
VIDEO: Playing the Preakness day late Pick 5
Our handicappers dig into Saturday’s late Pick 5 from Pimlico, featuring the Preakness and the Dinner Party in an all-stakes sequence.
McCarthy hoping for “clean break” for Journalism
Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is giving trainer Michael McCarthy positive signs he’ll run big — if he avoids trouble.
Maryland racing stakeholders nervously eye the future
The starting gate issues that plagued Pimlico’s opening weekend felt eerily symbolic to some Maryland racing stakeholders.
Preakness: Nik Juarez back home, spying new heights
Jockey Nik Juarez is back home to see his old retired horse, eat some crabcakes, visit with family and friends — oh, and ride in the Preakness.
