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
After Derby scratch, Forte thinking Preakness
Forte, scratched from the Kentucky Derby by the state vet because of a foot bruise, looks to be on track for the Preakness, his trainer said.
Preakness weekend trainer bonuses return
Preakness weekend trainer bonuses return for 2023, with trainers able to win bonus money available in both stakes and non-stakes races.
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
Undulated looks to stretch out in Murphy
Undulated will look to stretch out to a mile for trainer Cal Lynch in Saturday’s Jimmy Murphy Stakes on the Preakness undercard.
Dottie Miller’s Preakness Photo Diary
Photographer Dottie Miller has spent the last week on the Pimlico backstretch. Here’s what she and her camera have seen.
Preakness odds, post positions; Always Dreaming 4-5
Always Dreaming has been installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, and Classic Empire is 3-1.
Talented sophs Recruiting Ready, Three Rules to tangle in Chick Lang
Three-year-olds Recruiting Ready and Three Rules will square off in an intriguing renewal of the Chick Lang Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
McPeek on Senior Investment: “You tee ’em up and you find out”
If Senior Investment is to make an impact on the Preakness, the added distance from his last start — and the time since — will be key, says Ken McPeek.
Exercise rider Leiva making a life in his adopted country
Exercise rider Peter Leiva counts Preakness contender Cloud Computing among his charges – quite a journey for the kid who came here from Chile at 19.
Asmussen loaded for Preakness weekend bear
Trainer Steve Asmussen will saddle two runners in the Preakness — and seven others in weekend stakes at Pimlico.
For Preakness drivers, an exhausting week they can’t wait to relive
Starting Wednesday, a small army of cops and firefighters will trade their hats for those of drivers, assistants, and fix-it guys for the Preakness connections.
Overheard at Pimlico this morning
Among the topics discussed at Pimlico today: Todd’s goatee, Alex’s crabcake, and Jorge’s driving a donkey rather than a car…
