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
How the Belmont Stakes will develop
Our analyst digs into the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown, and how he expects it to develop.
Preakness television ratings decline
With no Kentucky Derby winner involved, television ratings for Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes declined 16% versus last year.
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
McCarthy hoping for “clean break” for Journalism
Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is giving trainer Michael McCarthy positive signs he’ll run big — if he avoids trouble.
Maryland racing stakeholders nervously eye the future
The starting gate issues that plagued Pimlico’s opening weekend felt eerily symbolic to some Maryland racing stakeholders.
Preakness: Nik Juarez back home, spying new heights
Jockey Nik Juarez is back home to see his old retired horse, eat some crabcakes, visit with family and friends — oh, and ride in the Preakness.
VIDEO: Playing the Black-Eyed Susan day late Pick 5
Our handicappers dig into Friday’s late Pick 5, featuring the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Pimlico Special in an all-stakes sequence.
How the Preakness will develop
Our analyst digs into Saturday’s Preakness Stakes: how the race will develop, who benefits (or not), and how that will affect the outcome.
Greg Compton – and his fillies – hoping for first graded wins
Trainer Greg Compton will send out a pair of fillies Friday at Pimlico as both he and they seek their first graded stakes wins.
Preakness: Gosger carrying hopes of… well, Gosger
Former Major League journeyman Jim Gosger knows who he’s rooting for in the Preakness: the horse that bears his name.
Pimlico: From Preakness pearls to everyday whirls
Passions and more have burned at Pimlico since its grand opening on Oct. 25, 1870. Racetrackers past and present remember.
High Paf hopes to step up in Miss Preakness
Undefeated Maryland-based High Paf looks to step up in a testy renewal of the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Friday at Pimlico.
