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: Sierra Leone moves to top of leaderboard
In two Triple Crown points races, Sierra Leone rallied to run down Track Phantom to win the Risen Star, while Stronghold scored in the Sunland Park Derby.
Triple Crown: Sunland Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into today’s Sunland Derby with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this 20-point to the winner 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
LookBack: Best Preakness weekend 2020 races
With the Preakness less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year’s Preakness weekend. Which races were your favorites?
Rombauer confirmed for Preakness
Rombauer, the show horse in the Blue Grass Stakes after winning the El Camino Real Derby, is Preakness-bound, his trainer said.
Medina Spirit upsets Kentucky Derby
It wasn’t going to be Bob Baffert’s year, but yet again it was as his trainee Medina Spirit scored a front-running upset in the Kentucky Derby.
Our experts’ Kentucky Derby picks
Can Tiz the Law take leg two of the Triple Crown? We asked six of our ‘cappers for their Kentucky Derby picks, plus picks for the other G1 races.
Reigh Count, Virginia’s forgotten Kentucky Derby winner
Reigh Count is one of four Kentucky Derby winners bred in Virginia, and his legacy extends to this day in racing — even if he himself is mostly forgotten.
Podcast: Talking Kentucky Derby 2021
Derby Bill Watson and Nick Hahn do a deep dive into Kentucky Derby 2021 in our latest podcast. Who’ll come out on top?
Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse analysis
With the Kentucky Derby upon us, our annual Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse analysis also makes its return, plus video of all the prep races.
Parx-based Brooklyn Strong a Derby longshot
Brooklyn Strong was pointed to the Preakness, but a bevy of defections have opened the Derby door to him.
The Reds takes Tesio by DQ over Excellorator
Favored The Reds couldn’t quite get past Excellorator in Saturday’s Federico Tesio Stakes but was put up via DQ after the latter impeded him.
