Interesting Racehorse Names on 2021 Triple Crown Trail

It’s never too early for a fun look at some of the names that may appear in the starting gate at Churchill Downs on The First Saturday in May. This week, we are sharing a write-up from our friends at America’s Best Racing. The intro is below. You can read the full article by clicking link at the bottom of the page.

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Every January (and for many of us long before that), the focus of the Thoroughbred racing ecosystem shifts to the Triple Crown races and the 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve

I write a weekly Making the Grade blog profiling a big Derby trail winner and also a regular Heating Up, Cooling Down feature tracking which 3-year-olds are heading in the right direction and which ones took a step back.

This year, though, with the Lecomte Stakes behind us, I wanted to have some fun with the names of this year’s contenders – but, of course, it is almost impossible to escape COVID-19, so let start there.

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