
Undefeated in 3 starts this year, Echo Zulu defeated Eclipse Awards Champion Goodnight Olive in the G1 Ballerina in her most recent start. Photo credit: Dom Napolitano/Coglianese Photos
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – September 11, 2023
Week 33 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 September 10. 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 | ARCANGELO (22) | 3-R | 5-4-0-0 | 296 | 1 |
2 | CODY'S WISH (8) | 5-H | 3-2-0-1 | 280 | 2 |
3 | ELITE POWER (1) | 5-H | 4-3-1-0 | 219 | 3 |
4 | ECHO ZULU (2) | 4-F | 3-3-0-0 | 185 | 4 |
5 | WHITE ABARRIO (2) | 4-C | 4-2-0-1 | 177 | 5 |
6 | GUNITE | 4-C | 6-3-2-1 | 156 | 6 |
7 | ARABIAN KNIGHT | 3-C | 3-2-0-1 | 155 | 7 |
8 | UP TO THE MARK | 4-C | 5-4-0-1 | 86 | 8 |
9 | GEAUX ROCKET RIDE | 3-C | 5-3-2-0 | 80 | 9 |
10 | CASA CREED | 7-H | 4-2-1-1 | 59 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: IDIOMATIC (36), BRIGHT FUTURE (35), NEST (31), IN ITALIAN (25), PROXY (22), CARAVEL (12), PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (10), BOLSHOI BALLET (10), FORTE (9), GOODNIGHT OLIVE (8), TAMARA (6), CLAIRIERE (5), GOLD PHOENIX (5), ARABIAN LION (5), WEST WILL POWER (4), ZANDON (3), PRINCE OF MONACO (3), MAGE (1), SECRET OATH (1), BRIGHTWORK (1)