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
Evenly matched field set for G2 Black-Eyed Susan
A field of nine will contest Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and it’s a wide-open group that could be a linemaker’s nightmare.
Journalism to run in Preakness
Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism has been cleared for a run in the Preakness, his owners said Sunday.
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
Triple Crown: Sunland Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into today’s Sunland Derby with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this 20-point to the winner stop on the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown: Risen Star picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into this evening’s Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes with picks and analysis as the sophs make a key stop on the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown: Track Phantom streaking into Risen Star
Track Phantom has won three straight, including two stakes, and will look to keep it rolling in Saturday’s Risen Star at the Fair Grounds.
Triple Crown: No More Time speeds to Sam F. Davis win
No More Time moved into the upper echelon in Kentucky Derby points with a front-running score in Tampa Bay’s Sam F. Davis Stakes.
Triple Crown: Big field set to contest Sam F. Davis
The next stop on the road to the Triple Crown will be at Tampa Bay Downs in Saturday’s G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes, worth 20 points to the winner.
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…
PA-bred Uncle Heavy rallies to Withers upset
Pennsylvania-bred Uncle Heavy rallied to post an upset in the Grade 3 Withers and earn 20 points on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Huge Saturday on Triple Crown trail
With the G3 Southwest Stakes delayed to Feb. 3, this Saturday becomes a huge day on the Triple Crown trail, with four major preps.
