
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
HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS | |
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1 | NYSOS (30) | 3-C | 1-1-0-0 | 318 | 6 |
2 | MUTH (1) | 3-C | 1-1-0-0 | 204 | 2 |
3 | FIERCENESS | 3-C | 1-0-0-1 | 177 | 1 |
4 | TRACK PHANTOM | 3-C | 1-1-0-0 | 169 | 3T |
5 | HADES | 3-G | 1-1-0-0 | 158 | - |
6 | LOCKED | 3-C | 0-0-0-0 | 151 | 3T |
7 | MYSTIK DAN | 3-C | 2-1-0-0 | 127 | - |
8 | DORNOCH | 3-C | 0-0-0-0 | 99 | 5 |
9 | SIERRA LEONE | 3-C | 0-0-0-0 | 54 | 7 |
10T | TIMBERLAKE | 3-C | 0-0-0-0 | 38 | 8 |
10T | UNCLE HEAVY | 3-C | 1-1-0-0 | 38 | - |
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
HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS | |
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1 | NATIONAL TREASURE (18) | 4-C | 1-1-0-0 | 294 | 1 |
2 | WHITE ABARRIO (11) | 5-H | 0-0-0-0 | 251 | 2 |
3 | IDIOMATIC (2) | 5-M | 0-0-0-0 | 194 | 4 |
4 | SENOR BUSCADOR | 6-H | 1-0-1-0 | 192 | 3 |
5 | SAUDI CROWN | 4-C | 1-1-0-0 | 166 | 5 |
6 | NEWGRANGE | 5-H | 1-1-0-0 | 107 | 7 |
7 | WARM HEART | 4-F | 1-1-0-0 | 106 | 6 |
8 | DIDIA | 6-M | 1-1-0-0 | 83 | 8 |
9 | SPEED BOAT BEACH | 4-C | 0-0-0-0 | 52 | 9 |
10 | GOODNIGHT OLIVE | 6-M | 0-0-0-0 | 45 | 12 |
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)