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: Fierceness dominates Florida Derby
Fierceness obliterated his rivals in the Florida Derby to seize the overall lead in Kentucky Derby points and move to the head of the sophomore class.
Triple Crown: Arkansas Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into the next stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby, with Arkansas Derby picks for a race set for Saturday at Oaklawn Park.
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
Audible favored in Florida Derby Saturday
Holy Bull winner Audible is the 9-5 morning line favorite for Gulfstream Park’s Florida Derby on Saturday, the first of the final major Triple Crown preps.
La. Derby winner Noble Indy moves up NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Louisiana Derby winner Noble Indy jumped up to seventh in the latest NTRA Top Throughbred Poll.
Next move undecided for Still Having Fun
The Tesio – a “win and you’re in” race for the Preakness – is one possibility for Still Having Fun, the beaten favorite in the Private Terms.
NTRA Poll: Bolt d’Oro, put up via DQ, maintain top spot
Bolt d’Oro’s 2018 debut in the San Felipe was an eventful one, and his win by DQ allowed him to retain the top spot in the NTRA Top 3yo Thoroughbred Poll.
Md-based Old Time Revival second in Gotham; Enticed wins
Laurel Park-based Old Time Revival shipped to Aqueduct yesterday for the G3 Gotham and nearly stole it before settling for second in the prep for the Wood Memorial.
Fourteen Midlantic-breds nominated to Triple Crown
Among the 360 early Triple Crown nominees, announced yesterday, are 14 bred in the Mid-Atlantic, including 10 Maryland-breds.
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.
