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
Uncle Heavy to run in G1 Preakness
Grade 3 Withers Stakes winner Uncle Heavy will run in the May 18 Preakness, trainer Butch Reid told Pimlico officials.
Mugatu pointed to G1 Preakness
The Maryland-sired Mugatu, a Kentucky Derby also-eligible who did not draw in, will point to the Preakness for his next start.
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
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.
Off the Pace: Triple Crown schedule just fine
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante shares snippets of more than 50 years of Kentucky Derby memories, from heartwarming stories to impossible upsets.
Rich Strike will skip the Preakness
In a stunning development, Rich Strike will bypass the Preakness, owner Rick Dawson said in a statement.
Rich Strike, the pony, the bite, and the controversy
After winning the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike tried to take a bite out of a pony, prompting a forceful outrider response – and a bit of a firestorm.
Secret Oath “probable plus” for Preakness
The filly Secret Oath, winner of the May 6 Kentucky Oaks, is more than probable to tackle the boys in the Preakness, her trainer said.
Epicenter will race in the Preakness
Epicenter, the runner-up and beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, will run in the Preakness, setting up a rematch with winner Rich Strike.
