Florida-bred Hades turns back Eclipse Awards Champion Fierceness and five others to take the Holy Bull Stakes (G3). Photo: Ryan Thompson

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – February 5, 2024

Week 2 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 February 4. 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 THREE-YEAR OLD POLL

HORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS
1NYSOS (30)3-C1-1-0-03186
2MUTH (1)3-C1-1-0-02042
3FIERCENESS3-C1-0-0-11771
4TRACK PHANTOM3-C1-1-0-01693T
5HADES3-G1-1-0-0158-
6LOCKED3-C0-0-0-01513T
7MYSTIK DAN3-C2-1-0-0127-
8DORNOCH3-C0-0-0-0995
9SIERRA LEONE3-C0-0-0-0547
10TTIMBERLAKE3-C0-0-0-0388
10TUNCLE HEAVY3-C1-1-0-038-

Other horses receiving votes: MAYMUN-1 (32), JUST F Y I (27), CATCHING FREEDOM (25), HALL OF FAME (25), DOMESTIC PRODUCT (23),
SPEAK EASY (19), HONOR MARIE (19), WEST OMAHA (10), KOPION (7), R HARPER ROSE (7), FIRST WORLD WAR (6), JUST STEEL (6), NICE AS PIE (6), COACH PRIME (6), DRUM ROLL PLEASE (2), NASH (2), LIBERAL ARTS (2), CANDIED (1), BAIL US OUT (1), KNIGHTSBRIDGE (1)

TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

HORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS
1NATIONAL TREASURE (18)4-C1-1-0-02941
2WHITE ABARRIO (11)5-H0-0-0-02512
3IDIOMATIC (2)5-M0-0-0-01944
4SENOR BUSCADOR6-H1-0-1-01923
5SAUDI CROWN4-C1-1-0-01665
6NEWGRANGE5-H1-1-0-01077
7WARM HEART4-F1-1-0-01066
8DIDIA6-M1-1-0-0838
9SPEED BOAT BEACH4-C0-0-0-0529
10GOODNIGHT OLIVE6-M0-0-0-04512

Other horses receiving votes:  ARABIAN KNIGHT (39), FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (33), PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (24), I’M VERY BUSY (19), OLIVIA DARLING (18), THE CHOSEN VRON (13), HOIST THE GOLD (12), SKELLY (10), DISARM (10), AUGUSTE RODIN-1 (10), CASA CREED (9), FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (7), RANDOMIZED (7), NYSOS (7), BELLAMORE (5), CATCHING FREEDOM (4), KINGSBARNS (4), ANGEL OF EMPIRE (4), PROXY (4), ANISETTE (3), SLOW DOWN ANDY (3), KINGS RIVER KNIGHT (3), TUMBARUMBA (3), ALVA STARR (3), TRACK PHANTOM (3), NEWGATE (3), THREE WITCHES (2), FIRST MISSION (2), POST TIME (2), CRUPI (2), SUPER CHOW (1), INTEGRATION (1)