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
VIDEO: Mystik Dan arrives at Pimlico for Preakness 149
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan arrived at PImlico Race Course mid-Sunday afternoon and settled into stall 40 in the stakes barn.
Catching Freedom will contest the Preakness
Catching Freedom, a rallying fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will contest the Preakness, trainer Brad Cox said.
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
Current Belmont Stakes odds
Who’ll win the Belmont Stakes? More to the point, what are the current odds of each horse in the Belmont? Some answers at just about 2:00 on Belmont day.
Belmont Stakes day price plays
In which we find what we hope are some live price plays on today’s Belmont Stakes card.
Podcast: Handicapping the Belmont Stakes
In our latest podcast, ‘cappers Nick Hahn and Derby Bill Watson dig into Saturday’s 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes with horse-by-horse analysis.
Belmont offers intrigue beyond top pair
While all eyes will be on Preakness winner Rombauer and 2yo champ Essential Quality, Saturday’s Belmont Stakes offers intrigue beyond them.
What we have is a failure to communicate
Bob Baffert won’t have a horse in the Belmont, but all anyone can talk about is Bob Baffert. It’s exhausting, and another whiff.
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.
