A weekend that saw the opening of the Belmont and Churchill Downs meets had little effect on the national rankings, with no change in the order of the top 10 Thoroughbreds. Triple Crown winner American Pharoah remains ranked No. 1, while Pacific Classic-winning mare Beholder and Whitney winner Honor Code are ranked second and third.

Top Thoroughbred Poll

Week 28 of the 2015 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 13. 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 (37) Poll eclipse logo

3-C

7-6-1-0

393

1

2

Beholder (1) Poll eclipse logo

5-M

4-4-0-0

343

2

3

Honor Code (2)

4-R

4-3-0-0

334

3

4

Liam’s Map

4-C

3-2-1-0

233

4

5

Private Zone

6-G

5-3-1-1

210

5

6

Shared Belief Poll eclipse logo

4-G

3-2-0-0

150

6

7

Keen Ice

3-C

7-1-1-2

115

7

8

Lady Eli

3-F

3-3-0-0

100

8

9

Flintshire

5-H

2-1-1-0

76

9

10

Tonalist

4-C

4-1-2-1

55

10

Other horses receiving votes: The Pizza Man (42), California Chrome (23), Sheer Drama (21), Ironicus (16), Big Blue Kitten (11), Rock Fall (9), Frosted (8), Lea (8), Stellar Wind (8), Cavorting (7), Catch A Flight (6), Mondialiste (6), Nyquist (6), Lovely Maria (4), Runhappy (4), Big John B (3), Songbird (3), Tiz Shea D (2), Dortmund (1), Effinex (1), Hard Not To Like (1), Sentiero Italia (1)

NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary

NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Detail by Horse

NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Detail by Voter

NTRA Thoroughbred Poll Summary – All