
West Will Power and Flavien Prat hold off Rattle N Roll to capture the Stephen Foster (G1) run at Ellis Park. Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – July 3, 2023
Week 23 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 July 2. 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 | |
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1 | CODY'S WISH (26) | 5-H | 2-2-0-0 | 296 | 1 |
2 | ELITE POWER (4) | 5-H | 2-2-0-0 | 256 | 2 |
3 | CLAIRIERE | 5-M | 3-2-1-0 | 195 | 3 |
4 | WEST WILL POWER | 6-H | 4-2-1-1 | 158 | 33 |
5T | UP TO THE MARK | 4-C | 5-4-0-1 | 139 | 5 |
5T | IN ITALIAN | 5-M | 2-2-0-0 | 139 | 4 |
7 | DEFUNDED | 5-G | 4-2-1-1 | 123 | 6 |
8 | CARAVEL | 6-M | 3-3-0-0 | 111 | 7 |
9 | ART COLLECTOR | 6-H | 3-1-2-0 | 48 | 10 |
10 | GOODNIGHT OLIVE | 5-F | 3-2-0-1 | 42 | 11 |
Other horses receiving votes: RATTLE N ROLL (38), FORTE (17), PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (16), MAGE (11), SMILE HAPPY (8), TWO PHIL’S (8), PROXY (8), GUNITE (7), ARCANGELO (7), ARABIAN LION (7), TAIBA (4), MODERN GAMES (3), COUNTRY GRAMMER (2), EMMANUEL (2), NEST (2), ZOZOS (2), PLAYED HARD (1)