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
15 Midlantic-breds among Triple Crown nominees
Fifteen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic — including three with Kentucky Derby points — are among 373 nominated to the Triple Crown.
Triple Crown trail update: Feb. 2, 2025
Three big Kentucky Derby preps on the Triple Crown trail yesterday: here’s what happened.
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
Five best Black-Eyed Susan winners
While the Preakness gets the glory, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is the longtime anchor of the Preakness even card. Here, the five best Black-Eyed Susan winners since 1991.
Horologist looking for next step in Du Pont Distaff
New Jersey-bred Horologist and her connections hope to have big game in sight later in the year, but for now, the G3 Allaire duPont Distaff looks just fine.
Final Test results on Baffert horses due friday
Drug test results on three Bob Baffert-trained horses, including Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, are due back Friday afternoon.
Forever Boss hoping for ‘Susan surprise
Forever Boss didn’t cost much at auction, but she’s already paying dividends and trainer Ken McPeek is hoping for more in Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan.
Podcast: Talking Preakness Stakes 2021
Derby Bill Watson and Nick Hahn do a deep dive into Preakness Stakes 2021 in our latest podcast. Who’ll come out on top?
Preakness 2021 horse-by-horse analysis
With the Preakness Stakes upon us, our annual Preakness horse-by-horse analysis also makes its return, plus video of all the prep races.
Jenkins hopes three’s a ‘special’ charm for Cordmaker
Maryland-bred Cordmaker has been third in two previous runnings of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special. Trainer Rodney Jenkins hopes three’s a charm.
Five best Pimlico Special winners
While the Preakness gets the glory, the Pimlico Special has been, well, special in its own right. Here, the top five Special winners of the last 30 years.
BackTracks: Chompion’s Dixie
In today’s BackTracks, 1968 Travers winner Chompion takes the 1971 Dixie after Hall of Famer Fort March is DQed.
