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
Favored Mage will leave from post three in Preakness
Mage, the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness, will leave from the three-hole, while local hopeful Coffeewithchris is in post four.
VIDEO: Talking Mage with Gustavo Delgado, Jr.
Our Gary Quill caught up with Gustavo Delgado, Jr., the co-owner and assistant trainer of Preakness contender (and Derby winner) Mage.
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 hero Justify retired from racing
Justify, the undefeated Triple Crown hero, has been retired from racing with what trainer Bob Baffert called “some filling in his ankle.”
Monomoy Girl making strong move in Top Thoroughbred Poll
Monomoy Girl’s fourth Grade 1 win of the season this past weekend catapulted her to third in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Justify near-unanimous as leader of Top Thoroughbred Poll
Only one of 42 voters in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll picked Justify as the nation’s top runner.
Diversify new addition to NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
G2 Suburban winner Diversify was the only new addition to the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, still headed by Triple Crown champ Justify.
Justify dominant in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls
Triple Crown winner Justify received 36 of 37 first-place votes in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Justify reigns supreme in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls
Triple Crown winner Justify stands astride the racing world, now rated the top in the two NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls.
Looking back: Justify at Pimlico
Way back when, before Justify was a Triple Crown winner, before the controversy about the Belmont, he was a Preakness contender. Here’s a look back at his time in Baltimore.
Justify the “next one,” secures Triple Crown with Belmont win
Justify led every step of the way to win today’s Belmont Stakes and secure a spot in history as the 13th Triple Crown winner.
Justify “flourishing” in first trip around Belmont
Justify had his first trip around the Belmont Park oval and left trainer Bob Baffert more than pleased with what he saw.
