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
The pianist, the racetracker, the dog: Pimlico’s ghosts
Pimlico, a one-mile dirt oval bounded by generations of our collective memory, serves as the final home for racetrackers, bettors, even a dog.
Junior Alvarado sounds off on hefty Derby crop fine
“Extremely ridiculous,” jockey Junior Alvarado called a $62,000 fine he received for excessive crop use aboard Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.
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
Roanan Goddess reigns in Xtra Heat
Roanan Goddess rode the rail to victory, her first in stakes company, in Saturday’s Xtra Heat at Laurel Park.
Five questions for this weekend’s Laurel Park racing
With Laurel Park scheduled to host four stakes this weekend, we’ve got five questions about the weekend’s racing.
Kentucky Derby purse boosted to $5 million
The purse of the Kentucky Derby will rise to $5 million for 2024, and it now dwarfs the purses of the other jewels of the Triple Crown.
Art of Racing competition returns for 2024
The Art of Racing art competion sponsored by the Maryland Jockey Club and MICA returns in 2024 for its third year.
Copper Tax taking big swing in G2 Remsen
Laurel Park-based Copper Tax, a winner of five straight there and at Delaware, will stick his toe into Triple Crown trail waters in Saturday’s G2 Remsen.
Bob Baffert suspension extended by Churchill Downs
Trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension from racing at Churchill Downs and other properties owned by that company has been extended through 2024.
PIASSEK: More time a must for Preakness – and Belmont
Debate over the spacing of Triple Crown races has centered on the Preakness, but John PIassek says both it and the Belmont need a new schedule.
Arcangelo scores in Belmont
Arcangelo scored in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, making trainer Jena Antonucci the first woman to train a horse to a Triple Crown race victory.
Experts’ Belmont Stakes and undercard picks
We asked our experts for their Belmont picks, plus picks for the major undercard stakes on the Belmont day card at Belmont Park.
