After a quiet weekend on the track, there was only one change to the top 10 on this week’s poll.
Top Thoroughbred Poll
Week 33 of the 2015 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through October 18. 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 (38) |
3-C | 7-6-1-0 | 367 | 1 |
| 2 | Beholder (1) |
5-M | 5-5-0-0 | 331 | 2 |
| 3 | Honor Code (1) | 4-R | 5-3-0-1 | 268 | 3 |
| 4 | Liam’s Map | 4-C | 3-2-1-0 | 207 | 4 |
| 5 | Tonalist | 4-C | 5-2-2-1 | 173 | 5 |
| 6 | Private Zone | 6-G | 5-3-1-1 | 169 | 6 |
| 7 | Keen Ice | 3-C | 7-1-1-2 | 110 | 7 |
| 8 | Shared Belief |
4-G | 3-2-0-0 | 59 | 9 |
| 9 | Flintshire | 4-G | 2-1-1-0 | 57 | 8 |
| 10 | Lady Eli | 3-F | 3-3-0-0 | 48 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: Frosted (39), The Pizza Man (39), Big Blue Kitten (35), Runhappy (26), Tepin (21), Wedding Toast (13), California Chrome (12), Rock Fall (8), Songbird (7), Appealing Tale (6), I’m A Chatterbox (6), Sheer Drama (5), Stellar Wind (5), Grand Arch (4), Nyquist (4), Rachel’s Valentina (4), Got Lucky (3), Lea (3), Smooth Roller (3), Wild Dude (3), Tiz Shea D (2), Messi (1)
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Detail by Horse