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
15 Midlantic-breds among Triple Crown nominees
Fifteen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic — including three with Kentucky Derby points — are among 373 nominated to the Triple Crown.
Triple Crown trail update: Feb. 2, 2025
Three big Kentucky Derby preps on the Triple Crown trail yesterday: here’s what happened.
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
VIDEO: Handicapping the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Gary Quill helps us to handicap the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes for three-year-old fillies at Pimlico.
40 years after Deputed Testamony: why no Maryland-bred Preakness winner since?
It’s been 40 years since Deputed Testamony splashed home best in the 1983 Preakness. Why hasn’t there been a Maryland-bred winner since?
First Mission scratched from Preakness
Lexington Stakes winner First Mission, considered by many to be a major contender, will scratch from the Preakness because of a left hind issue.
Faiza to put perfect mark on line in Black-Eyed Susan
Faiza, undefeated in California, will put her spotless record on the line in Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico.
Coffeewithchris “awesome opportunity” for Jaime Rodriguez
Jockey Jaime Rodriguez has made a name in the Mid-Atlantic recently. In Saturday’s Preakness, he’ll try to make a national splash aboard Coffeewithchris.
Pimlico Special: The longer the better for Armando R
Trainer Damon Dilodovico took Pimlico Special hopeful Armando R for $16,000 — but takes no credit for the astute claim.
BackTracks: Deputed Testamony “knew what his job was”
In a new BackTracks: Deputed Testamony, still the most recent Maryland-bred Preakness winner, “knew what his job was,” rider Donnie Miller says.
Preakness Stakes 2023: Horse by horse analysis
Only Mage can win the Triple Crown. But seven others will line up in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes hoping to deny him. Our horse-by-horse analysis.
A not-quite-eventful day for Preakness fave Mage
A loose horse and a good-feeling Mage could have made for an eventful morning, but in the end everything went smoothly for the Preakness favorite.
