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: San Felipe Stakes picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into Saturday’s 50-point San Felipe Stakes with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this stop on the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown: Gotham Stakes picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into Saturday’s 50-point Gotham Stakes with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this stop on the Triple Crown trail.
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
Jenkins hopes three’s a ‘special’ charm for Cordmaker
Maryland-bred Cordmaker has been third in two previous runnings of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special. Trainer Rodney Jenkins hopes three’s a charm.
Five best Pimlico Special winners
While the Preakness gets the glory, the Pimlico Special has been, well, special in its own right. Here, the top five Special winners of the last 30 years.
BackTracks: Chompion’s Dixie
In today’s BackTracks, 1968 Travers winner Chompion takes the 1971 Dixie after Hall of Famer Fort March is DQed.
Eventful morning for France Go de Ina
A quiet morning at Pimlico turned eventful when Preakness hopeful France Go de Ina ditched his rider and ran off. Horse and rider are fine.
Somelikeithotbrown back for second Dinner Party
Multiple graded stakes winner Somelikeithotbrown, second in the Grade 2 Dinner Party in 2020, will return for another try Saturday.
Street Lute to tackle G3 Miss Preakness
Six-time stakes winner Street Lute will try to take the next step when she faces graded foes for the first time in Friday’s G3 Miss Preakness at Pimlico.
Horologist headlines wide-open Allaire du Pont
New Jersey-bred Horologist is the lukewarm favorite in a wide-open renewal of the Grade 3 Allaire du Pont Distaff Friday at Pimlico.
Medina Spirit installed as Preakness favorite
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, whose status as a Preakness starter remained up in the air until Tuesday afternoon, is the 9-5 morning line favorite.
Medina Spirit to be permitted to enter Preakness
The Maryland Jockey Club will permit Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, who tested positive for betamethasone afterwards, to enter the Preakness.
