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: Fierceness dominates Florida Derby
Fierceness obliterated his rivals in the Florida Derby to seize the overall lead in Kentucky Derby points and move to the head of the sophomore class.
Triple Crown: Arkansas Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into the next stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby, with Arkansas Derby picks for a race set for Saturday at Oaklawn Park.
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
Bob Baffert ruled off by Churchill Downs
Bob Baffert has been ruled off all Churchill Downs properties for the next two years, the company announced.
France Go de Ina has final Belmont work
Japan-based France Go de Ina had his final pre-Belmont Stakes work Wednesday morning, breezing five furlongs at Big Sandy.
Medina Spirit positive confirmed: Report
A split sample has confirmed that Medina Spirit carried betamethasone when he won the Kentucky Derby, the New York Times reports.
Rombauer narrowly in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Rombauer holds a one-point lead over Essential Quality on the eve of the Belmont in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Rombauer, Essential Quality headline Belmont
Preakness winner Rombauer and last year’s two-year-old champ Essential Quality, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, headline Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
Rombauer heads NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
His dominant win in the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes has moved Rombauer to the head of the class in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Pletcher trio works towards Belmont
Three runners trained by Todd Pletcher — Known Agenda, Bourbonic, and Overtook — breezed towards possible Belmont Stakes starts Friday morning.
Podcast: Preakness Stakes wrap and more
Derby Bill Watson and Nick Hahn return to talk Preakness weekend – what went right, what went wrong and more, plus a look ahead.
Genaro: The hits that keep on coming
It’s been one thing after another in racing the last couple of weeks, and our Teresa Genaro wonders if it’ll all be enough to make racing take action.
