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

“Fresh” Mystik Dan to head to Spa, may contest Belmont

by Press Release | May 19, 2024

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, beaten favorite in Saturday’s Preakness, will head to Saratoga shortly and may contest the Belmont, his trainer said.

Seize the Grey “pretty proud of himself” after Preakness

by Press Release | May 19, 2024

Seize the Grey was feeling good the morning after winning the Preakness Stakes and likely headed to the Belmont, said trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

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

Locklear hoping Dis Ones On Fire is hot stuff

Feb 16, 2021 | 0 Comments

The unraced Dis Ones On Fire is the lone West Virginia-bred nominated to the Triple Crown. What’s owner-breeder-trainer James Locklear’s plan?

Risk Taking rallies to Withers win

Feb 7, 2021 | 0 Comments

Risk Taking won the Withers, while Candy Man Rocket took the Sam F. Davis, both horses earning 10 points on the Kentucky Derby trail.

Six Midlantic-breds among Triple Crown noms

Feb 6, 2021 | 0 Comments

Stakes winners Hello Hot Rod and Pickin’ Time are among six horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic who have been nominated to the Triple Crown.

Greatest Honour romps in Holy Bull

Jan 31, 2021 | 0 Comments

Greatest Honour swept to a dominant win in the Holy Bull to earn 10 points on the Derby trail, while Medina Spirit won the Bob Lewis.

Pricey Prime Factor among Holy Bull hopefuls

Jan 28, 2021 | 0 Comments

Prime Factor, a $900,000 yearling with just one win to his credit, is one of two recent maiden victors for trainer Todd Pletcher in the Holy Bull Stakes.