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
Five added as late Triple Crown nominees
Five runners, including one who won at Charles Town and another with two wins at Laurel, have been added as late nominees to the Triple Crown.
Art of Racing 2025 winner chosen
“Winning Colors,” a piece by Steve Luhn, has been chosen as the winner of the 2025 Art of Racing contest and will be feted at the big race.
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
Locals set for big swing in Pimlico Special
Though a Grade 3, the Pimlico Special’s gaudy history makes it a major race, and several local trainers are set to try their luck.
In Maryland, a growing commitment to racehorse aftercare
In recent years, Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry has redoubled its aftercare efforts to care for runners after the Preakness cheers stop.
At Pimlico, painting the Preakness picture
In the days before the Preakness, Pimlico’s parking attendants, with 100 years experience between them, a painter, and others ready for the big day.
Greene “never dreamed something like” Luna Belle
Deborah Greene cracks up at the idea that she always knew that she’d own racehorses. How could you imagine one like Luna Belle?
Preakness longshot Fenwick “not up here joking”
Fenwick is — deservingly — the longest shot in the Preakness. But trainer Kevin McKathan says they didn’t come to Baltimore for the crabcakes.
Owners making big bet on Creative Minister
Recent allowance winner Creative Minister is taking the expensive route to the Preakness: via a supplemental nomination of $150,000.
Preakness horse-by-horse analysis
With the Kentucky Derby in the rearview mirror, we turn our attention to Pimlico and the Preakness with our horse-by-horse analysis.
Tango Tango Tango hopes to dance in Dinner Party
The Grade 1-placed Tango Tango Tango will aim for his first graded victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico.
Off the Pace: A quartet of memorable Preakness stretch runs
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante remembers four editions of the Preakness where the final quarter-mile proved absolutely thrilling.
