Triple Crown tracker: Heading into fall, get updates on 6 alumni
The Triple Crown Tracker checks in with the horses who raced in the 2024 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, keeping up with what they have done since the classics.
2024 Kentucky Derby
In two starts since the Kentucky Derby, Grand Mo the First has returned to the lawn, and the results have been strong. The Victor Barboza Jr. trainee won an ungraded stakes at Gulfstream last month, and then stepped back up to the graded level in Saturday's Virginia Derby (G3) at Colonial Downs. He tracked an honest pace in the 1 1/8-mile grass race, and though he could not stave off the late run of Deterministic, he finished second by a neck.
Track Phantom, unraced since an 11th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, returned to the work tab for the first time since the run for the roses. The Steve Asmussen trainee, who won the Gun Runner and the Lecomte (G3) during the winter meet at Fair Grounds, drilled an easy four furlongs Monday at Churchill Downs.
| Derby | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 3rd Travers | No works since last race |
| 3 | Forever Young | 3rd Kentucky Derby | No works since last race |
| 4 | Catching Freedom | 4th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 5 | T O Password | 5th Kentucky Derby | Out for the rest of the year |
| 6 | Resilience | 10th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 7 | Stronghold | 2nd Indiana Derby (G3) | Worked 5f Mon. at DMR |
| 8 | Honor Marie | 8th Travers | No works since last race |
| 9 | Endlessly | 5th Belmont Derby (G1) | Worked 5f Aug. 10 at DMR |
| 10 | Dornoch | 4th Travers | No works since last race |
| 11 | Track Phantom | 11th Kentucky Derby | Worked 4f Mon. at CD |
| 12 | West Saratoga | 5th Matt Winn (G3) | Worked 4f Sat. at TTC |
| 13 | Domestic Product | 1st H. Allen Jerkens (G1) | Worked 4f Sat. at SAR |
| 14 | Epic Ride | 14th Kentucky Derby | Worked 4f Wed. at TTC |
| 15 | Fierceness | 1st Travers (G1) | No works since last race |
| 16 | Society Man | 3rd West Virginia Derby (G3) | Worked 4f Thu. at SAR |
| 17 | Just Steel | 5th Preakness | Recovering from leg surgery |
| 18 | Grand Mo the First | 2nd Virginia Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 19 | Catalytic | 2nd Carry Back | Worked 3f Aug. 17 at SAR |
| 20 | Just a Touch | 2nd Iowa Derby | No works since last race |
| SCR | Encino | 1st Lexington (G3) | Worked 4f April 27 at CD |
| SCR | Mugatu | 4th Smarty Jones | No works since last race |
2024 Preakness Stakes
Uncle Heavy hit the board for the first time since his win in the Withers (G3) when he was third behind Gould's Gold in the 1 1/16-mile Smarty Jones on Aug. 24 at Parx. He stalked in range behind the leading pair of Gould's Gold and Just Step on It, and though he could not reel them in, he chased on to finish third. He was 2 1/2 lengths behind winning Gould's Gold but seven lengths ahead of fourth-place Mugatu, a fellow alumnus of the Preakness.
Imagination returned to the races for his first start since running off the board in the Woody Stephens (G1), stretching out for the Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar. He tracked the pace and made a bid toward his odds-on stablemate Muth in the lane but flattened out for third in the one-mile dirt race, 3 1/4 lengths behind the favorite.
| Preakness | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seize the Grey | 4th Jim Dandy (G2) | Worked 5f Aug. 28 at SAR |
| 2 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 3 | Catching Freedom | 4th Ohio Derby (G3) | No works since last race |
| 4 | Tuscan Gold | 4th Preakness | Worked 4f June 1 at SAR |
| 5 | Just Steel | 5th Preakness | Recovering from leg surgery |
| 6 | Uncle Heavy | 3rd Smarty Jones | No works since last race |
| 7 | Imagination | 3rd Shared Belief | No works since last race |
| 8 | Mugatu | 4th Smarty Jones | No works since last race |
2024 Belmont Stakes
Protective, the only maiden to run in the 2024 Triple Crown, shed that label in his seventh career start. In a 1 1/4-mile dirt race at Saratoga that was washed off the turf, he was bet down to 1-20 favoritism. The Todd Pletcher trainee stalked the pace, took over for the final quarter-mile, and ran on to hold by 1 1/4 lengths over Elko County.
| Belmont | Horse | Last race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dornoch | 1st Haskell | No works since last race |
| 2 | Mindframe | 2nd Haskell | No works since last race |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 3rd Travers | No works since last race |
| 4 | Honor Marie | 8th Travers | No works since last race |
| 5 | Antiquarian | 5th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 6 | Protective | 1st, MSW (Aug. 21 at SAR) | Worked 4f Fri. at SAR |
| 7 | Seize the Grey | 4th Jim Dandy (G2) | Worked 5f Aug. 28 at SAR |
| 8 | Mystik Dan | 8th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 9 | The Wine Steward | 9th Belmont | No works since last race |
| 10 | Resilience | 10th Belmont | No works since last race |