The Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland provided an exclamation point for the racing season this past weekend, and American Pharoah is once again a unanimous No. 1 choice after a dominant performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. There was a shake up throughout the rest of the poll, as Runhappy, Tepin, Songbird and Nyquist all jumped into the top 10 while several others dropped in ranking or became unranked entirely.
Top Thoroughbred Poll
Week 34 of the 2015 FINAL NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through November 1. 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, 2015 record and total points. Poll Concludes Monday, Nov. 2. A-S: Age-Sex, Sex: C-colt, G-gelding, H-horse, F-filly, M-mare, R-ridgling. Eclipse Icon represents Eclipse Award Winner.
| HORSE | A-S | STATS | PTS | PVS | |
| 1 | American Pharoah (44)  |
3-C | 8-7-1-0 | 440 | 1 |
| 2 | Beholder |
5-M | 5-5-0-0 | 347 | 2 |
| 3 | Liam’s Map | 4-C | 4-3-1-0 | 324 | 4 |
| 4 | Runhappy | 3-C | 6-5-0-0 | 260 | 14 |
| 5 | Tepin | 4-F | 7-5-2-0 | 200 | 15 |
| 6 | Honor Code | 4-R | 6-3-0-2 | 199 | 3 |
| 7 | Songbird | 2-F | 4-4-0-0 | 130 | 19 |
| 8 | Nyquist | 2-C | 5-5-0-0 | 103 | 24 |
| 9 | Private Zone | 6-G | 6-3-2-1 | 68 | 6 |
| 10 | Shared Belief |
4-G | 3-2-0-0 | 54 | 8 |
Other horses receiving votes: Stephanie’s Kitten (51), Stopchargingmaria (50), Found (43), Tonalist (33), Keen Ice (27), Big Blue Kitten (19), Golden Horn (14), Lady Eli (12), Flintshire (11), Effinex (7), California Chrome (5), I’m A Chatterbox (4), Stellar Wind (4), The Pizza Man (4), Rock Fall (3), Catch A Glimpse (2), Frosted (2), Lea (2), Dortmund (1), Hit It A Bomb (1)
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary by Horse