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
Photo Essay: Preaknesses past
Former longtime racetracker Lauren Heathcote Amberman attended plenty of Preaknesses over the years. Here are some of her favorite photos of them.
Perform has final move for Preakness
Federico Tesio Stakes winner Perform had his final move in advance of the May 20 Preakness, and trainer Shug McGaughey pronounced himself “very pleased.”
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
Maryland-based El Areeb headlines Withers field
El Areeb, from the Cal Lynch barn, headlines Saturday’s G3 Withers, the next step on his hoped-for road to the Kentucky Derby.
El Areeb among 15 Maryland-based Triple Crown nominees
Grade 3 winner El Areeb, based at Laurel Park, is among 15 based in the Free State to join the Triple Crown trail.
Triple Crown noms include 17 Midlantic-breds
Of the more than 400 horses nominated to the Triple Crown, 17 were bred in the mid-Atlantic.
Maryland-based El Areeb romps in Jerome
El Areeb, based at Cal Lynch’s Laurel Park barn, drew first blood of 2017 on the Derby trail with an 11-length win in the G3 Jerome.
Irish War Cry carries Haskell line to Marylander win
Two-year-old Irish War Cry won a thriller in the Marylander Stakes at Laurel Park — bringing another big win to the family of the late Amory Haskell.
El Areeb impresses in sharp James Lewis score
El Areeb drew off to an impressive score in today’s James F. Lewis, III Stakes at Laurel Park in his first try against stakes company.
On tap: Weekend action
What’s on tap: two graded events at Monmouth, plus two state-bred stakes at Parx.
On tap: Weekend action
What’s on tap: two graded events at Monmouth, plus a bevy of Midlantic-breds in graded action.
Midlantic runners on Belmont Saturday
Your guide to Midlantic-based or -bred runners in graded stakes on Belmont Stakes Saturday.
