
National Treasure (blue shadow roll) battles Blazing Sevens to the wire and wins the 148th Preakness Stakes. Photo: MJC Photo
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – May 22, 2023
Week 17 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 May 21. 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
HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS | |
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1 | MAGE (11) | 3-C | 5-2-1-1 | 296 | 1 |
2 | FORTE (16) | 3-C | 2-2-0-0 | 294 | 2 |
3 | NATIONAL TREASURE (5) | 3-C | 3-1-0-1 | 269 | 26 |
4 | TWO PHIL'S (1) | 3-C | 4-1-2-1 | 253 | 3 |
5 | ANGEL OF EMPIRE | 3-C | 4-2-1-1 | 203 | 4 |
6 | BLAZING SEVENS | 3-C | 3-0-1-1 | 147 | 20 |
7 | PRACTICAL MOVE (1) | 3-C | 2-2-0-0 | 108 | 5T |
8 | TAPIT TRICE | 3-C | 4-3-0-0 | 107 | 5T |
9 | ARABIAN LION (1) | 3-C | 3-1-1-0 | 48 | 28 |
10 | DISARM | 3-C | 4-0-2-1 | 43 | 7 |
Other horses receiving votes: HIT SHOW (41), PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (37), FIRST MISSION (23), GENERAL JIM (13), SKINNER (6), NOBALS (6), WET PAINT (6), KINGSBARNS (5), MAPLE LEAF MEL (5), FAIZA (4), CAVE ROCK (3), ARCANGELO (2), TAXED (2), ARABIAN KNIGHT (2), DERMA SOTOGAKE (1), RED ROUTE ONE (1)
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS | |
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1 | CODY'S WISH (17) | 5-H | 1-1-0-0 | 312 | 1 |
2 | ELITE POWER (14) | 5-H | 1-1-0-0 | 276 | 2 |
3 | PROXY (2) | 5-H | 3-1-1-0 | 227 | 3 |
4 | CLAIRIERE | 5-M | 2-1-1-0 | 170 | 5 |
5 | ART COLLECTOR | 6-H | 3-1-2-0 | 165 | 4 |
6 | SMILE HAPPY (1) | 4-C | 3-2-0-1 | 156 | 6 |
7 | STILLETO BOY | 5-G | 3-1-0-2 | 84 | 7 |
8 | DEFUNDED | 5-G | 3-1-1-1 | 68 | 8 |
9 | IN ITALIAN | 5-F | 1-1-0-0 | 65 | 9 |
10 | CARAVEL | 6-M | 2-2-0-0 | 56 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: WEST WILL POWER (42), UP TO THE MARK (31), GOODNIGHT OLIVE (30), MATAREYA (28), SECRET OATH (28), COUNTRY GRAMMER-1 (26), RATTLE N ROLL (23), WAR LIKE GODDESS (16), LAST SAMURAI (15), SIBELIUS (15), TAIBA (14), FORTE (10), MODERN GAMES (9), PLAYED HARD (9), STRAIGHT NO CHASER (9), REPO ROCKS (9), CHEZ PIERRE (7), NEST (7), MAGE (6), TWO PHIL’S (5), WAR GODDESS (4), RED KNIGHT (2), GUNITE (1)