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
Triple Crown: Lexington Stakes picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into the next stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby, with Lexington Stakes picks for a race set for Saturday at Keeneland.
Triple Crown: Sierra Leone takes Blue Grass
Sierra Leone rallied to win the Blue Grass Stakes and secure his spot in the Kentucky Derby on the last day of major prep races.
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
Baffert request for delay of suspension denied
Trainer Bob Baffert’s request to have his 90-day suspension delayed until appeals are resolved has been denied by a Kentucky court.
D. Wayne Lukas: “A good horse makes you look good”
A visit with trainer D. Wayne Lukas on life, racing, basketball and some key current topics: the filly Secret Oath, colt Ethereal Road, and Bob Baffert.
NTRA releases Top Thoroughbred Poll
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association today released its weekly Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Derby points update: Classic Causeway scores in Tampa Bay Derby
Classic Causeway cruised in the G2 Tampa Bay Derby to move to the top of the Derby points leaderboard and secure a spot in the Kentucky Derby.
Triple Crown: Un Ojo eyes Derby spot
Un Ojo scored a 75-1 shocker in Oaklawn’s Rebel Stakes Saturday to earn 50 points on the trail to the Kentucky Derby.
Triple Crown: Epicenter scores in 50-point Risen Star
Epicenter posted a front-running score in the Risen Star Stakes, the first 50-point Derby trail race, to take over the points lead.
Triple Crown: “Nice group” to contest Risen Star
A big field, including two of the top three runners in Derby points earned, will contest Saturday’s Risen Star at the Fair Grounds, the first 50-point race.
Classic Causeway takes Derby points lead
Classic Causeway won the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs to take over the top spot in the Derby points standings in one of two Saturday preps.
Derby points update: Another “pointless” Baffert win
Messier’s spectacular 15-length win in Sunday’s Robert B. Lewis Stakes earned the Bob Baffert trainee exactly zero Kentucky Derby points. Again.
