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
Midlantic flavor to Triple Crown nominations
The Triple Crown nominations released earlier this week include a half-dozen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic and a larger number based here.
Notes from the weekend’s Kentucky Derby preps
Down went the champ, and up went some surprises during this past weekend’s four Kentucky Derby preps. Some thoughts…
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
Midlantic runners on Belmont Saturday
Your guide to Midlantic-based or -bred runners in graded stakes on Belmont Stakes Saturday.
Midlantic runners on Belmont Friday
Your guide to Midlantic-based or -bred runners on Belmont Stakes Friday.
Nyquist tops pre-Belmont NTRA poll
Nyquist and California Chrome continue to dominate the NTRA’s Top 3-Year-Old and Top Thoroughbred Polls, respectively.
Nyquist feeling his oats as Pimlico sojourn ends
Nyquist galloped the Pimlico main track Saturday morning, his final workout at Old Hilltop before heading home to Santa Anita.
Exaggerator has final Pimlico gallop
Preakness champ Exaggerator had his final gallop at Pimlico Saturday morning and is scheduled to head to Belmont Sunday.
All signs positive for Exaggerator after Pimlico jog
Preakness winner Exaggerator jogged at Pimlico, while Kentucky Derby champ Nyquist continued to recover after spiking a fever.
Nyquist to skip Belmont Stakes
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, third as the favorite in Saturday’s Preakness, will return home to California rather than contesting the Belmont Stakes.
Exaggerator returns to the track
Preakness winner Exaggerator returned to the Pimlico track Tuesday morning, and Nyquist’s temperature returned to normal.
Despite loss, Nyquist remains atop NTRA poll
Despite a loss in the Grade 1 Preakness, voters in the latest NTRA poll left Nyquist in the top spot for three-year-olds, while California Chrome remains first for older horses.
