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
Trombetta takes Black-Eyed Susan aim with Call Another Play
Trainer Michael Trombetta will saddle as many as 13 horses this weekend at Pimlico, none in a bigger spot than Call Another Play in the Black-Eyed Susan.
Butch Reid: “Definitely special” to take Preakness swing
Trainer Butch Reid has runners in five Pimlico stakes this weekend, and the U-Maryland grad says it’s special to have his first Preakness starter.
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
Kentucky Derby winner Mage headed to Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Mage galloped at Churchill Downs Friday morning, after which his connections gave the thumbs-up for a start in the Preakness.
Preakness-bound Chase the Chaos has owner “lost for words”
Chase the Chaos has taken his small-time owners on a joyride that will lead them to the May 20 Preakness and has them “lost for words.”
National Treasure to breeze Friday, may come to Preakness
Trainer Bob Baffert will breeze National Treasure Friday morning prior to making a decision on whether the sophomore will run in the May 20 Preakness.
Derby good Preakness “prep” for Confidence Game
Rebel Stakes winner Confidence Game finished 10th in the Kentucky Derby — a perfect prep for the Preakness, trainer Keith Desormeaux says.
First Mission gives Cox a Preakness shot
Trainer Brad Cox owns a Kentucky Derby win and a Belmont win. First Mission gives him a shot at completing a personal Triple Crown in the Preakness.
Disarm, Red Route One take aim at Preakness
Trainer Steve Asmussen will is slated to send out two sons of Gun Runner in the May 20 Preakness, Disarm and Red Route One.
Preakness: Blazing Sevens on target; Perform adds to fray
Blazing Sevens, winner of the 2022 Champagne Stakes, is on track for a date at the Preakness, as is supplemental entry Perform.
No Preakness for Two Phil’s, Forte
The dream Preakness matchup of Derby winner Mage and runner-up Two Phil’s, plus the scratched Forte, is a no-go, with two of those out of the Middle Jewel.
Not so fast: Forte may not be able to run in Preakness
Shortly after trainer Todd Pletcher indicated Forte was likely for the Preakness, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission appeared to spike that idea.
