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
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: The age of the new shooter?
The last four Preakness champs were new shooters – a trend worth watching, says Nick Hahn.
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
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll: White Abarrio rising
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association today released its weekly Top Thoroughbred Poll with Florida Derby winner White Abarrio on the move.
Secret Oath headlines busy day of Derby preps
Filly Secret Oath will take on the boys in the $1 million Arkansas Derby to highlight a day with three major Kentucky Derby preps.
Shake Em Loose among late Triple Crown noms
Private Terms Stakes winner Shake Em Loose, once a $16,000 claim, is among seven late nominees to the Triple Crown.
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll: Country Grammer to lead
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association today released its weekly Top Thoroughbred Poll with a new top overall runner.
Triple Crown: Epicenter favored in La. Derby
Already assured of a Kentucky Derby spot, Epicenter has been installed as a 7-5 favorite for Saturday’s Louisiana Derby, with 100 points to the winner.
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.
