Even after a weekend of Breeders’ Cup preps, there were very minor changes on the poll with just Tonalist jumping into the top 10 after winning his second Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Top Thoroughbred Poll
Week 31 of the 2015 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through October 4. 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 (43) |
3-C | 7-6-1-0 | 447 | 1 |
| 2 | Beholder (1) |
5-M | 5-5-0-0 | 405 | 2 |
| 3 | Honor Code (1) | 4-R | 5-3-0-1 | 310 | 3 |
| 4 | Liam’s Map | 4-C | 3-2-1-0 | 257 | 4 |
| 5 | Tonalist | 4-C | 5-2-2-1 | 214 | 14 |
| 6 | Private Zone | 6-G | 5-3-1-1 | 199 | 5 |
| 7 | Keen Ice | 3-C | 7-1-1-2 | 101 | 6 |
| 8 | Flintshire | 5-H | 2-1-1-0 | 98 | 9 |
| 9 | Shared Belief |
4-G | 3-2-0-0 | 73 | 7 |
| 10 | Lady Eli | 3-F | 3-3-0-0 | 49 | 8 |
Other horses receiving votes: Frosted (46), Rock Fall (45), The Pizza Man (44), Tepin (35), Big Blue Kitten (32), Runhappy (20), California Chrome (16), Wedding Toast (13), I’m A Chatterbox (8), Appealing Tale (7), Sheer Drama (7), Songbird (7), Got Lucky (6), Smooth Roller (6), Grand Arch (5), Nyquist (5), Cavorting (4), Lea (3), Main Sequence (3), Stellar Wind (3), Rachel’s Valentina (2), Tiz Shea D (2), Wicked Strong (2), Hoppertunity (1)
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary
NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Detail by Horse