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
Feeding time as Fort Washington wins Dinner Party
A slow early pace turned into a sprint for home, and Fort Washington proved fastest of all in the Grade 3 Dinner Party at Pimlico.
Journalism writes a comeback story in Preakness
Journalism, seemingly hopelessly beaten in mid-stretch, regrouped, rallied and ran down Gosger late to win one final Preakness thriller at Pimlico.
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
Pyrenees seeks to defend Pimlico Special title
Pyrenees was up late to win the 2024 Pimlico Special, kicking off a big year for trainer Cherie DeVaux, and will seek to defend that title Friday.
Preakness 2025: Horse by horse analysis
In this year’s Preakness Stakes horse-by-horse… all the facts and figs on each Preakness runner, including race videos!
VIDEO: He tore up a winning ticket!
Jeff and Gary visit Pimlico to find some tales of Old Hilltop and the Preakness, including this couple, whose child once tore up a winning ticket.
Preakness: 20 years on, Afleet Alex and Scrappy T forever connected
Twenty years ago, Afleet Alex and Scrappy T almost collided in a near-accident that no one who experienced it will forget. Their humans remember…
Journalism installed as Preakness favorite
Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, has been installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s 150th Preakness Stakes.
Preakness: John Velazquez to ride Sandman
With his Derby rider headed elsewhere, Sandman will partner with John Velazquez in Saturday’s 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.
Preakness: McCarthy “very pleased” with Journalism
Trainer Michael McCarthy recent flew from his California base to Churchill Downs to see Preakness entrant Journalism and said he is “very pleased.”
Lukas “enjoying every minute” of Preakness 150
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a Preakness lover through and through, is back at age 89 with Virginia Derby winner American Promise.
Evenly matched field set for G2 Black-Eyed Susan
A field of nine will contest Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and it’s a wide-open group that could be a linemaker’s nightmare.
