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
Derby good Preakness “prep” for Confidence Game
Rebel Stakes winner Confidence Game finished 10th in the Kentucky Derby — a perfect prep for the Preakness, trainer Keith Desormeaux says.
First Mission gives Cox a Preakness shot
Trainer Brad Cox owns a Kentucky Derby win and a Belmont win. First Mission gives him a shot at completing a personal Triple Crown in the Preakness.
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
Kowboy Karma among familiar Midlantic faces in LeComte
The Derby trail kicks off with today’s G3 LeComte Stakes, and Larry Jones-trained Kowboy Karma is one of four Mid-Atlantic maiden winners in the race.
Hansel, 1991 Preakness winner, euthanized
Hansel, the Virginia-bred who took the 1991 Preakness and Belmont Stakes, has been euthnanized as a result of the infirmities of old age.
Motion stalwarts Ascend, Irish War Cry well following G1 efforts
Grade 1 Manhattan winner Ascend and Belmont Stakes runner-up Irish War Cry came out of their respective races well, trainer Graham Motion said.
Tapwrit surges to Belmont win; NJ-bred Irish War Cry second
NJ-bred Irish War Cry gained redemption with a strong effort after disappointing in the Kentucky Derby, but Tapwrit got the money in the Belmont Stakes.
NJ-bred Irish War Cry gets nod as Belmont favorite
New Jersey-bred Irish War Cry, who disappointed in the Kentucky Derby, has been installed as the morning line favorite in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
NJ-bred Irish War Cry will run in the Belmont
Irish War Cry, the New Jersey-bred who won the Wood Memorial, will make his next start Saturday in the Belmont Stakes.
Classic Empire, Arrogate top NTRA polls
The latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll is largely on hold, awaiting the Belmont Stakes and additional top races for older horses.
Preakness call-by-call gallery
How’d the Preakness develop? Check out our call-by-call gallery to see how Cloud Computing scored the upset.
Cloud Computing earns Preakness laurels
On a weekend in which the fate of Pimlico almost overshadowed the Preakness itself, Cloud Computing ran down Classic Empire on the money to win the middle jewel.
