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
Experts’ Preakness and undercard picks
We asked our experts for their Preakness picks, plus picks for the major undercard stakes on the Preakness day card at PImlico.
Preakness profile: Chase the Chaos
Our Preakness Profiles return for Preakness 148 set for May 20, 2023. Here, we profile longshot Chase the Chaos.
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
For Preakness drivers, an exhausting week they can’t wait to relive
Starting Wednesday, a small army of cops and firefighters will trade their hats for those of drivers, assistants, and fix-it guys for the Preakness connections.
Overheard at Pimlico this morning
Among the topics discussed at Pimlico today: Todd’s goatee, Alex’s crabcake, and Jorge’s driving a donkey rather than a car…
Carreno, Conquest Mo Money the other side of the Preakness coin
While trainer Todd Pletcher and Always Dreaming weather the Preakness media crush, jockey Jorge Carreno and Conquest Mo Money are flying under the radar.
Classic Empire “sitting on his best race”
Classic Empire, fourth in the Kentucky Derby, is poised to run a big one in the Preakness, assistant trainer Norm Casse said today.
Miller: “The rail was like gold”
A brilliant, ground-saving ride by jockey Don Miller played a major role in making Deputed Testamony in 1983 the most recent Maryland-bred Preakness winner.
Gunnevera seeking early pace, and a “fair shot”
What’ll it take for Gunnevera to turn the tables on Always Dreaming? “Action on the front end,” says Larry Kelly.
Multiplier, Senior Investment have final pre-Preakness works
Illinois Derby winner Multiplier and Lexington champ Senior Investment posted their final breezes prior to scheduled Preakness starts this morning.
Royal Mo injured, out of Preakness
Royal Mo suffered a fractured sesamoid during a work this morning at Pimlico and will miss the Preakness but is expected to make a full recovery.
Preakness notes: Gunnevera arrives; Royal Mo breeze postponed
Gunnevera, seventh in the Kentucky Derby, became the third Preakness contender to arrive on the Pimlico backside this afternoon.
