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
Pimlico persists: The story of Old Hilltop
The story of Pimlico is one of resilience in the face of innumerable challenges, and one that looks set to continue for years to come.
Preakness Stakes 2024 horse-by-horse analysis and picks
Saturday’s 149th Preakness sees Derby winner Mystik Dan square off against two Bafferts and more. Our ‘capper has Preakness 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
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.
Early Voting, White Abarrio score in Derby preps
A pair of horses, Early Voting and White Abarrio, scored impressively in Saturday Derby preps to earn their first wins on the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown trail to heat up this weekend
Three races offering points on the road to the Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown are scheduled for this weekend, with one having a Midlantic flavor.
Derby points update: Newgrange gets nothin’
The Bob Baffert-trained Newgrange was a game winner of the Southwest Stakes, which got him… well, no points towards the Kentucky Derby, because… Baffert.
Derby points update: What’s missing here?
The race for Kentucky Derby points is well underway, with 14 races already complete and another up this weekend. So why are 40 points unawarded?
