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
Preakness profile: Mugatu
Our Preakness Profiles return for Preakness 149 set for May 18, 2024. Here, we profile Preakness hopeful Mugatu.
Preakness profile: Catching Freedom
Our Preakness Profiles return for Preakness 149 set for May 18, 2024. Here, we profile Louisiana Derby winner Catching Freedom.
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
Jesus’ Team first Preakness contender to arrive
Jesus’ Team arrived at Pimlico Sunday afternoon, becoming the first Preakness contender to reach Old Hilltop.
Preakness: Mr. Big News “getting better all the time”
Mr. Big News is heading towards the Preakness with “everything going his way,” his trainer Bret Calhoun said.
Fanless Preakness? One should be plenty of that
Old Hilltop has seen a lot of things, but it’s never seen the likes of what it will confront this year: a Preakness without fans.
Preakness: Sheldon Russell to ride Excession
Jockey Sheldon Russell has picked up his first Preakness mount in nine years and will aboard Excession for trainer Steve Asmussen.
Thousand Words “willing” in final Preakness work
A week after a so-so move left trainer Bob Baffert scratching his head, Thousand Words, with blinkers on, worked more strongly Saturday.
Preakness: Steve Asmussen to saddle three
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, closing in on the North American record for wins, will have three in the Preakness, including new name Excession.
Protocols announced for Preakness weekend jocks
The Maryland Jockey Club has announced the Covid-19 protocols jockeys riding on Preakness weekend must follow.
Preakness: Mr. Big News has final move
Mr. Big News cruised a half-mile in a “maintenance work” Friday, and trainer Bret Calhoun said his charge looks ready for the Preakness.
The case of the Man o’ War shoes
It’s a family heirloom passed down through the generations: a case containing the shoes and bit Man o’ War wore during the 1920 Belmont. But is it real?
