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
Preakness: Sovereignty a no-go
Kentucky Derby hero Sovereignty will not contest the Preakness, 1/ST Racing announced Tuesday.
Preakness: $100,000 trainer bonus returns
For a ninth straight year, $100,000 in bonus money is on the table for trainers that run at least five horses in stakes races Preakness weekend.
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
Happy Preakness, Max Merryman
Louis and Grace Merryman’s son Max was born more than three months premature. He’ll spend his first Preakness at home in Maryland.
Cricket Goodall named Preakness honorary postmaster
Longtime Maryland Horse Breeders Association chief Cricket Goodall has been named the honorary postmaster for Preakness 148.
Preakness profile: Mage
Our Preakness Profiles return for Preakness 148 set for May 20, 2023. Here, we profile Kentucky Derby winner Mage.
Favored Mage will leave from post three in Preakness
Mage, the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness, will leave from the three-hole, while local hopeful Coffeewithchris is in post four.
VIDEO: Talking Mage with Gustavo Delgado, Jr.
Our Gary Quill caught up with Gustavo Delgado, Jr., the co-owner and assistant trainer of Preakness contender (and Derby winner) Mage.
Photo gallery: Preakness Tuesday
The Preakness favorite, Black-Eyed Susan favorite, and fastest Preakness winner of all were at Pimlico Tuesday. Here’s Allison Janezic’s gallery of the day.
Photo Essay: Preaknesses past
Former longtime racetracker Lauren Heathcote Amberman attended plenty of Preaknesses over the years. Here are some of her favorite photos of them.
Perform has final move for Preakness
Federico Tesio Stakes winner Perform had his final move in advance of the May 20 Preakness, and trainer Shug McGaughey pronounced himself “very pleased.”
Off the Pace: My unforgettable first Preakness
In a new Off the Pace: A filly favored. A controversy for the ages. A drunk knocks himself out. Mike Valiante will never forget his first Preakness.
