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
Photo essay: D. Wayne Lukas retires
The news that Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, gravely ill, would retire from training caught the racing world off-guard.
Piassek: Great Belmont performance left me empty
“I told myself I was fully prepared to hate-bet, hate-watch, and hopefully hate-cash on Sovereignty. But there was no joy as he crossed the wire in front.”
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’ Jaipur, Manhattan Stakes picks
Rain forced Saratoga off the turf Saturday and moved two Grade 1 stakes to Sunday. Our experts have picks for the Jaipur and Manhattan Stakes.
Sovereignty rules again in Belmont
Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness skipper Sovereignty confirmed his division lead among 3-year-olds- with a powerful Belmont win Saturday.
Experts’ Belmont Stakes undercard picks
Rain has taken a chomp out of the Belmont Stakes day card at Saratoga, but our experts weighed in on a couple of undercard races.
Experts’ Belmont Stakes picks
In a matchup of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners, will one of them take the Belmont Stakes? Or will there be an upset? Experts weight in.
How the Belmont Stakes will develop
Our analyst digs into the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown, and how he expects it to develop.
Preakness television ratings decline
With no Kentucky Derby winner involved, television ratings for Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes declined 16% versus last year.
Feeding time as Fort Washington wins Dinner Party
A slow early pace turned into a sprint for home, and Fort Washington proved fastest of all in the Grade 3 Dinner Party at Pimlico.
Journalism writes a comeback story in Preakness
Journalism, seemingly hopelessly beaten in mid-stretch, regrouped, rallied and ran down Gosger late to win one final Preakness thriller at Pimlico.
Latest Preakness odds
At mid-afternoon, here are the current win odds for the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.
