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A winner of 3 of 4 starts in 2022 and 8 of 10 lifetime, Life Is Good captured his third G1 in Saturday’s Whitney at Saratoga. The Into Mischief colt surpassed $4 million in career earnings with the win.
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – August 8, 2022
Week 24 of the 2022 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 7. 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 8 following the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
Rankings on poll are on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses, 2022 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 | LIFE IS GOOD (19) | 4-C | 4-3-0-0 | 346 | 2 |
| 2 | FLIGHTLINE (17) | 4-C | 1-1-0-0 | 337 | 1 |
| 3 | JACKIE'S WARRIOR | 4-C | 4-4-0-0 | 295 | 4 |
| 4 | CLAIRIERE | 4-F | 4-3-1-0 | 158 | 5T |
| 5 | EPICENTER (1) | 3-C | 6-3-3-0 | 148 | 7 |
| 6 | COUNTRY GRAMMER | 5-H | 3-1-2-0 | 139 | 5T |
| 7 | OLYMPIAD | 4-C | 6-5-0-0 | 130 | 3 |
| 8 | NEST | 3-F | 5-3-2-0 | 103 | 9 |
| 9 | REGAL GLORY | 6-M | 3-3-0-0 | 94 | 8 |
| 10 | HOT ROD CHARLIE | 4-C | 4-1-2-1 | 67 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: GOLDEN PAL (29), LETRUSKA (28), HAPPY SAVER (27), CYBERKNIFE (24), WAR LIKE GODDESS (18), MIND CONTROL (16), CHARGE IT (11), EXPRESS TRAIN (11), SPEAKER’S CORNER (9), IN ITALIAN (8), ROYAL SHIP (7), COUNT AGAIN (7), AMERICANREVOLUTION (4), MO DONEGAL (4), BLUE STRIPE (3), NATIONS PRIDE (3), AMERICAN THEOREM (2), ZANDON (2), ADHAMO (2), CHANNEL MAKER (1), YIBIR (1), DYNAMIC ONE (1)