Wise Dan held on to his Poll lead on Week 22. As Verrazano won the Haskell Invitational he moves up to the seventh spot and Palace Malice took the eighth after his Jim Dandy win, moving Flat Out and Obviously down two spots. Graydar and Animal Kingdom were forced off the chart.
2013 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Week 22 of the 2013 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through July 28. Current Horse of the Year ranking of the Top Thoroughbred on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-1 basis with first place votes in parentheses, 2013 record and total points. Poll Concludes Monday, Nov. 4. A-S: Age-Sex, Sex: C-colt, G-gelding, H-horse, F-filly, M-mare, R-ridgling.
| Name | A-G | 2013 Record | Pts. | PVS | |
| 1 | Wise Dan (31) | 6-G | 3-3-0-0 | 442 | 1 |
| 2 | Game On Dude (13) | 6-G | 4-4-0-0 | 409 | 2 |
| 3 | Fort Larned (1) | 5-H | 3-1-0-0 | 330 | 3 |
| 4 | Point Of Entry (0) | 5-H | 2-2-0-0 | 238 | 4 |
| 5 | Royal Delta (0) | 5-M | 4-2-1-0 | 184 | 5 |
| 6 | Sahara Sky (0) | 5-H | 4-3-1-0 | 149 | 6 |
| 7 | Verrazano (1) | 3-C | 7-6-0-0 | 138 | 28 |
| 8 | Palace Malice (0) | 3-C | 7-2-2-1 | 128 | 27 |
| 9 | Flat Out (0) | 7-H | 5-2-0-1 | 99 | 7 |
| 10 | Obviously (0) | 5-G | 3-2-1-0 | 93 | 8 |
Other horses receiving votes: Princess Of Sylmar (67), Animal Kingdom (57), Graydar (55), Orb (28), Cross Traffic (25), Boisterous (15), Tiz Miz Sue (13), Kettle Corn (12), Marketing Mix (11), Paynter (8), Ron The Greek (6), Stephanie’s Kitten (5), Suggestive Boy (5), Groupie Doll (3), Close Hatches (2), Delaunay (2), Forty Tales (2), Last Gunfighter (2), Joyful Victory (1), Mucho Macho Man (1)
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Detail by Horse