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
Seize the Grey takes initiative in Preakness upset
Seize the Grey gave trainer D. Wayne Lukas his seventh Preakness victory as Derby day runners took the top three spots at PImlico.
Balnikhov regains winning form in Dinner Party
Balnikhov, winless in nine starts, rallied from last to win the G3 Dinner Party over the boggy going at Pimlico on the Preakness undercard.
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
Circle P looks to round back into form in Miracle Wood
Maryland Juvenile Stakes winner Circle P, will make his first start since December 2 in Saturday’s Miracle Wood, Laurel’s next step to the Preakness.
Triple Crown: Sierra Leone moves to top of leaderboard
In two Triple Crown points races, Sierra Leone rallied to run down Track Phantom to win the Risen Star, while Stronghold scored in the Sunland Park Derby.
Triple Crown: Sunland Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into today’s Sunland Derby with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this 20-point to the winner stop on the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown: Risen Star picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into this evening’s Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes with picks and analysis as the sophs make a key stop on the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown: Track Phantom streaking into Risen Star
Track Phantom has won three straight, including two stakes, and will look to keep it rolling in Saturday’s Risen Star at the Fair Grounds.
Triple Crown: No More Time speeds to Sam F. Davis win
No More Time moved into the upper echelon in Kentucky Derby points with a front-running score in Tampa Bay’s Sam F. Davis Stakes.
Triple Crown: Big field set to contest Sam F. Davis
The next stop on the road to the Triple Crown will be at Tampa Bay Downs in Saturday’s G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes, worth 20 points to the winner.
Midlantic flavor to Triple Crown nominations
The Triple Crown nominations released earlier this week include a half-dozen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic and a larger number based here.
Notes from the weekend’s Kentucky Derby preps
Down went the champ, and up went some surprises during this past weekend’s four Kentucky Derby preps. Some thoughts…
