Proxy and Eclipse Award-winning jockey Joel Rosario win the G2 Oaklawn H. for owner/breeder Godolphin. Photo: Coady Photography

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll -April 24, 2023

Week 13 of the 2023 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 April 23. 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 7 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, 2023 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
1FORTE (31)3-C2-2-0-03531
2TAPIT TRICE (3)3-C3-3-0-02972
3PRACTICAL MOVE (1)3-C2-2-0-02643
4ANGEL OF EMPIRE3-C3-2-1-02604
5KINGSBARNS (1)3-C3-3-0-01885
6DERMA SOTOGAKE3-C2-1-0-11176
7TWO PHIL'S3-C3-1-1-1927
8VERIFYING3-C3-1-1-0898
9MAGE3-C3-1-1-0699
10CONFIDENCE GAME3-C2-1-0-15110

Other horses receiving votes: MANDARIN HERO (42), HIT SHOW (27), WET PAINT (22), FAIZA (20), LORD MILES (16), FIRST MISSION (16), SKINNER (13), ARABIAN KNIGHT (12), CAVE ROCK (10), REINCARNATE (4), MUNNYS GOLD (4), BLAZING SEVENS (3), GEAUX ROCKET RIDE (2), RED ROUTE ONE (2), CYCLONE MISCHIEF (2), ROCKET CAN (2), RAISE CAIN (1), SOUTHLAWN (1), DISARM (1)

TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

HORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS
1ELITE POWER (25)5-H1-1-0-03051
2PROXY (4)5-H3-1-1-021914
3ART COLLECTOR (5)6-H2-1-1-01953
4CLAIRIERE5-M2-1-1-01745
5WEST WILL POWER6-H2-1-1-01534
6STILLETO BOY5-G3-1-0-21282
7LAST SAMURAI5-H4-2-1-01248
8DEFUNDED5-G3-1-1-111613
9GOODNIGHT OLIVE5-F1-1-0-0996
10IN ITALIAN5-F1-1-0-0959

Other horses receiving votes: SECRET OATH (94), CODY’S WISH-1 (55), COUNTRY GRAMMER-1 (47), FORTE (28), NEST (26), TAIBA (22), A MO REAY (19), CARAVEL (16), SIBELIUS (14), MATAREYA (8), ENDORSED (8), COUNT AGAIN (7), WAR LIKE GODDESS (7), TAPIT TRICE (5), CHEZ PIERRE (5), GUNITE (5), CARACARO (3), PRACTICAL MOVE (2), SKELLY (1)