Eclipse Champion Fierceness Remains No. 1 in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll Heading into Breeders’ Cup Photo credit: Coglianese Photo/Chelsea Durand
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – August 26, 2024
Week 31 of the 2024 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through August 25. Voting is conducted by national media.
The Three-Year-Old poll represents horses competing up and through the Triple Crown.
The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for Horse of the Year. The Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes on Tuesday, November 5 following the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
Rankings on both polls are on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses, 2024 record and total points. A-S: Age-Sex, Sex: C-colt, G-gelding, H-horse, F-filly, M-mare, R-ridgling.
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
| PLACE | HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIERCENESS (11) | 3-C | 5-3-0-1 | 285 | 9 |
| 2 | THORPEDO ANNA (9) | 3-F | 5-4-1-0 | 285 | 1 |
| 3 | ADARE MANOR (2) | 5-M | 4-3-1-0 | 194 | 5 |
| 4 | ARTHUR'S RIDE (3) | 4-C | 4-3-0-0 | 187 | 6 |
| 5 | NATIONAL TREASURE (5) | 4-C | 4-2-0-0 | 170 | 4 |
| 6 | SENOR BUSCADOR (1) | 6-H | 4-1-1-1 | 94 | 2 |
| 7 | IDIOMATIC | 5-M | 4-2-2-0 | 90 | 7 |
| 8 | DORNOCH | 3-C | 6-3-0-0 | 88 | 3 |
| 9 | THE CHOSEN VRON | 6-G | 6-5-1-0 | 54 | 8 |
| 10 | MASTER OF THE SEAS (2) | 6-G | 1-1-0-0 | 47 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: NEXT (39), CARL SPACKLER (35), COGBURN (32), TAPIT TRICE (22), KINGSBARNS (16), SWEET AZTECA (16), DOMESTIC PRODUCT (15), NATIONS PRIDE (12), SOCIETY (11), A MO REAY (10), Absolutely Zero (9), SIERRA LEONE (9), FAR BRIDGE (9), ACE OF CLUBS (8), Acoustic Ave (7), MULLIKIN (7), CINDERELLA’S DREAM (7), ANISETTE (7), SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING (7), POST TIME (6), ADHAMO (5), AFFABLE (4), RANDOMIZED (4), AFFIRMATIVE LADY (3), CRUPI (3), WAYS AND MEANS (2), RAGING TORRENT (2), EXTRA ANEJO (1), TRIKARI (1), MOIRA (1), JOHANNES (1)