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
River Thames to skip Derby, point to Preakness
River Thames, recently third in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes, will skip the Kentucky Derby and point instead to the Preakness Stakes May 17.
Lexington duo Gosger, Bracket Buster eye Preakness
Gosger and Bracket Buster, who ran one-two in the Lexington Stakes Saturday at Keeneland, may target the Preakness for their next start.
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
Preakness attendance half of pre-pandemic levels. Why?
Attendance at Saturday’s Preakness was about half of what it had been before the pandemic. Why? Teresa Genaro asked some who came and some who didn’t.
Preakness weekend’s top performers
Who were Preakness weekend’s top performers? We’ve got ’em right here, starting (of course) with Preakness winner Early Voting.
So proud of her: Can the Queen’s winding road to stakes winner
On a Pimlico weekend celebrating high-end horses, Can the Queen, a modest Maryland-bred who almost didn’t get to the races, scored one for the home team.
Early Voting, Epicenter likely to bypass Belmont
Early Voting is a no on the Belmont, and Epicenter is a “probably not.” But a couple of other Preakness runners may give it a shot.
Perfect trip gives Early Voting a Preakness score
Early Voting skipped the Derby to run in the Preakness — wise move, it turns out, as he surged to victory in the 147th edition.
Carotari earns popular win in McKay Turf Sprint
In his first start of 2022, Carotari picked up where he left off in 2021, posting a popular win as the favorite in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint at PImlico.
For Rombauer’s people, the changing of the colors awaits
Rombauer’s surprise victory put the Fradkin’s colors on the cupola weathervane. It’ll be a sad moment for them this afternoon when they change.
Set Piece scores in G2 Dinner Party
Set Piece earned the second graded stakes win of his career in Saturday’s Grade 2 Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico.
Lightening Larry surprises In Chick Lang
Lightening Larry outdueled favored Cogburn to post a 12-1 upsetin the Grade 3 Chick Lang Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
