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: Florida Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into the next stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby, with Florida Derby picks for a race set for Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
Triple Crown: Catching Freedom rallies to Louisiana Derby win
Catching Freedom went worst to first to win the Louisiana Derby and secure 100 Kentucky Derby points as the road to the Triple Crown continued Saturday.
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
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.
Cambodia earns first stakes score in Gallorette
Cambodia won her first-ever stake after three straight near-misses, taking the Grade 3 Gallorette Saturday at Pimlico.
Whitmore sweeps to Maryland Sprint victory
In a terrific renewal, Whitmore was up late to win the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Handicap Saturday at Pimlico.
For Pimlico stall manager Overmier, two weeks of 24-7
Pimlico stable manager Terry Overmeier has one huge job and not much time to complete it: managing the arrival and departure of 300 ship-in horses.
