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
Preakness profile: Perform
Our Preakness Profiles return for Preakness 148 set for May 20, 2023. Here, we profile Federico Tesio winner Perform.
Experts’ Preakness and undercard picks
We asked our experts for their Preakness picks, plus picks for the major undercard stakes on the Preakness day card at PImlico.
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
Rodman: In Preakness, expect the unexpected
Pimlico track announcer Dave Rodman has seen — and is ready for — just about everything that can happen on a Preakness (or any other) day.
Gunnevera to Preakness means crabcakes for Alex Sano
Gunnevera has been confirmed as a Preakness runner, and that means a first chance to try crabcakes for assistant trainer Alex Sano.
Derby champ Always Dreaming first to arrive at Pimlico
Kentucky Derby champ Always Dreaming woke up at Churchill Downs, and one flight, and one police escort, later he arrived at Pimlico looking bright-eyed and happy.
How low will odds for Always Dreaming go?
Always Dreaming was 9-2 when he won the Kentucky Derby. What’ll he be in the Preakness? Recent races provide some guidance.
Asmussen may have two for Preakness
Trainer Steve Asmussen may bring a pair of runners from the Kentucky Derby to Baltimore for the Preakness: runner-up Lookin At Lee and 11th place finisher Hence.
Preakness contenders begin to emerge
Several potential Preakness rivals for Always Dreaming have begun to emerge, including potentially three from the Kentucky Derby.
Midlantic hopefuls well beaten as Always Dreaming wins Kentucky Derby
Always Dreaming romped to a win in today’s Kentucky Derby, while mid-Atlantic hopefuls Irish War Cry and Fast and Accurate were 10th and 17th, respectively.
Derby whispers: Seen and heard at Churchill Downs
Our correspondent roamed the Churchill Downs backstretch this Kentucky Derby week. Here’s what he heard.
Updated Kentucky Derby odds: Irish War Cry 5-1, Always Dreaming 9-2
Full updated Kentucky Derby odds as of 7:30 Saturday morning show Irish War Cry as the second choice, Always Dreaming as the favorite.
