White Abarrio, under Irad Ortiz, Jr., upset Cody’s Wish in Saratoga’s G1 Whitney Stakes for trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. Photo: Coglianese Photos/Angelo Lieto
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – August 7, 2023
Week 28 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 August 6. Voting is conducted by national media.
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 THOROUGHBRED POLL
| HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELITE POWER (20) | 5-H | 3-3-0-0 | 317 | 2 |
| 2 | CODY'S WISH (6) | 5-H | 3-2-0-1 | 261 | 1 |
| 3 | NEST | 4-F | 1-1-0-0 | 232 | 3 |
| 4 | UP TO THE MARK | 4-C | 5-4-0-1 | 167 | 5 |
| 5 | WHITE ABARRIO | 4-C | 4-2-0-1 | 157 | 29 |
| 6 | CLAIRIERE | 5-M | 4-2-2-0 | 137 | 6 |
| 7 | FORTE (2) | 3-C | 4-3-1-0 | 119 | 7 |
| 8 | MAPLE LEAF MEL (7) | 3-C | 4-3-0-0 | 89 | 31 |
| 9 | WEST WILL POWER | 6-H | 4-2-1-1 | 59 | 4 |
| 10 | IN ITALIAN | 5-M | 3-2-1-0 | 47 | 9 |
Other horses receiving votes: GOODNIGHT OLIVE (42), CARAVEL (33), GEAUX ROCKET RIDE (32), GUNITE (31), MAGE (31), PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (29), PROXY (20), ART COLLECTOR (20), DEFUNDED (17), RATTLE N ROLL (16), ARCANGELO (16), ECHO ZULU (14), ARABIAN LION (11), ADARE MANOR (10), NEW YORK THUNDER (5), ZANDON (5), NEXT (2), THE CHOSEN VRON (2), SENOR BUSCADOR (2), MCKULICK (1), CHANNEL MAKER (1)