Triple Crown Tracker: Big weekend for top 3-year-olds

By Matt Stahl
Photo: Eclipse Sportswire

Several of the top finishers in the 2021 Kentucky Derby were back in action last weekend. Derby first-place finisher Medina Spirit got his first win since the Run for the Roses Sunday in the Shared Belief.

Essential Quality also raced last weekend, winning the Travers (G1) on Saturday, while several other Derby horses also competed in the race.

DerbyHorseLast raceNotes
  1stMedina Spirit1st, Shared BeliefRaced Sunday
  2ndMandaloun 1st, Haskell Stakes (G1), July 17 at MTHOut for six weeks
  3rdHot Rod Charlie7nd, Haskell Stakes (G1)Probable for Pennsylvania Derby (G1)
  4thEssential Quality1st, Travers (G1), Saturday at SARRaced Saturday
  5thO Besos2nd Matt Winn (G3), May 29 at CDNo works since June 29
  6thMidnight Bourbon2nd, Travers (G1)Raced Saturday
  7thKeepmeinmind4th, Travers (G1)Raced Saturday
  8thHelium3rd, Robert Hilton MemorialWorked 5f Wednesday at SAR
  9thKnown AgendaBelmont StakesNo works since Belmont Stakes
10thHighly MotivatedKentucky DerbyWorked 5f Aug. 8 at SAR
11thSainthood5th, Belmont Derby (G1), July 10No works since last race
12thLike the King2nd, Kent (G3), July 3 at DELProbable for Saranac (G3)
13thBourbonic3rd, West Virginia Derby (G3)Raced Aug. 7
14thHidden StashKentucky DerbyOut until fall
15thBrooklyn Strong4th, Pegasus StakesNo works since July 3
16thSuper Stock1st, Ellis Park DerbyWorked 5f Sunday at ELP
17thRock Your World2nd, Shared BeliefRaced Sunday
18thDynamic One1st, Curlin Stakes, July 30 at SARWorked 4f Friday at SAR
19thSoup and SandwichKentucky DerbyWorked 5f Tuesday at CAA

Much of the action from the Derby horses also applied to the 2021 Preakness field, with Keepmeinmind also running in the Travers.

  
PreaknessHorseLast raceNotes
  1stRombauer3rd, Belmont Stakes, June 5Out for 60 days
  2ndMidnight Bourbon2nd, Travers 
  3rdMedina Spirit1st, Shared Belief 
  4thKeepmeinmind4th, TraversPossible for Travers
  5thCrowded Trade3rd, Amsterdam (G2), Aug. 1 at SARWorked 4f Saturday at SAR
  6thUnbridled HonorPreaknessWorked 5f Aug. 8 at SAR
  7thFrance Go de Ina8th, Belmont Stakes 
  8thRisk Taking4th, SAR allowance raceWorked 4f Sunday at SAR
  9thConcert TourPreaknessNo works since Preakness
10thRam3nd in EP allowance raceRaced Saturday

The Belmont field was less active over the last few weeks, though Hot Rod Charlie worked Saturday at Saratoga, and Rock Your World finished second in the Shared Belief.

BelmontHorseLast raceNotes
1stEssential Quality1st, TraversCould run again before Breeders' Cup
2ndHot Rod Charlie7nd, Haskell StakesWorked 5f Saturday at SAR
3rdRombauerBelmont StakesLast worked July 9 at SA
4thKnown AgendaBelmont StakesNo works since Belmont Stakes
5thBourbonic3rd, West Virginia Derby 
6thRock Your World2nd, Shared BeliefRaced Sunday
7thOvertookBelmont StakesLast worked July 5
8thFrance Go de InaBelmont StakesBack in Japan

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