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
Kentucky Oaks picks and analysis
We provide picks and analysis for the stakes on this afternoon’s Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs.
Kentucky Derby 2024 horse-by-horse analysis and picks
It’ll be the traditional 20-horse cavalry charge in Saturday’s 150th Kentucky Derby. How to make sense of it? Our ‘capper has Kentucky Derby picks and analysis.
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
Shake Em Loose will skip Preakness, run in Murphy
Private Terms Stakes winner Shake Em Loose, under Preakness consideration, will skip that race and run in the grassy James Murphy instead.
Eric Reed: “If it was four weeks, we’d have been” in Preakness
Trainer Eric Reed said Saturday the decision to bypass the Preakness with Derby winner Rich Strike was “absolutely” because of the short turnaround time.
Beyond the Wire to receive Special Award of Merit
Beyond the Wire, the Maryland Thoroughbred industry’s aftercare program, will receive a special award of merit at the Alibi Breakfast.
The (almost) fabulous fillies of the Preakness
Before Rachel Alexandra and Swiss Skydiver won the Preakness, these four fillies made a major impact on the Middle Jewel without winning it.
Armagnac to tackle Preakness
Armagnac, a recent allowance winner after finishing fourth in the Santa Anita Derby, is heading to the Preakness, his connections said.
Off to the Races Radio: Eric Reed featured
Off to the Races returns to the airwaves May 7 with a show focusing on the day’s kickoff of the Triple Crown with the Kentucky Derby.
Happy Jack added to Preakness fray
Happy Jack, a son of Preakness winner Oxbow who was 14th in the Kentucky Derby, will try his luck in the May 21 Preakness.
Joe Clancy to receive Old Hilltop Award
Joe Clancy, editor of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, will receive the Old Hilltop Award at the Alibi Breakfast, the Maryland Jockey Club. announced.
Rich Strike offers argument for Triple Crown change
Rich Strike’s defection from the Preakness is one more argument for changing the series’ configuration to acknowledge changes in horsemanship.
