Stronghold (outside) edges Imagination in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 6. Photo: BENOIT PHOTO

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – April 22, 2024

Week 13 of the 2024 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 April 21. Voting is conducted by national media.

The Three-Year-Old poll represents horses competing up and through the Triple Crown.

The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for Horse of the Year. The Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes on Tuesday, November 5 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, 2024 record and total points. A-S: Age-Sex, Sex: C-colt, G-gelding, H-horse, F-filly, M-mare, R-ridgling.

TOP THREE-YEAR OLD POLL

HORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS
1SIERRA LEONE (22)3-C2-2-0-03251
2FIERCENESS (11)3-C2-1-0-13152
3MUTH (1)3-C2-2-0-02303
4CATCHING FREEDOM3-C3-2-0-11914
5STRONGHOLD3-C2-2-0-01685
6FOREVER YOUNG3-C2-2-0-01107
7NYSOS3-C1-1-0-01066
8RESILIENCE3-C3-2-0-0878
9JUST A TOUCH3-C3-1-2-0729
10ENDLESSLY3-C2-2-0-05010

Other horses receiving votes: IMAGINATION (33), DORNOCH (30), DOMESTIC PRODUCT (25), MYSTIK DAN (24), TARIFA (21), JUST STEEL (20), HONOR MARIE (15), ENCINO (14), TRACK PHANTOM (6), BOOK’EM DANNO (6), LESLIE’S ROSE (5), MAYMUN (5), WINE ME UP (4), TIMBERLAKE (4), WEST SARATOGA (2), THORPEDO ANNA (1), THE WINE STEWARD (1)

TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

HORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS
1SENOR BUSCADOR (24)6-H3-1-1-13181
2NATIONAL TREASURE (4)4-C2-1-0-02472
3IDIOMATIC (3)5-M0-0-0-01673
4MASTER OF THE SEAS6-G1-1-0-01584
5WHITE ABARRIO5-H1-0-0-01425
6ADARE MANOR5-M2-1-1-01127
7SAUDI CROWN4-C3-1-0-1996
8TFIRST MISSION4-C2-1-0-0808
8TSKIPPYLONGSTOCKING5-H3-2-0-080N/A
10NEWGATE4-C4-1-2-0669

Other horses receiving votes: SKELLY (55), I’M VERY BUSY (46), LAUREL RIVER-2 (34), WARM HEART (29), THE CHOSEN VRON-1 (27), SPEED BOAT BEACH (24), KINGSBARNS (19), REBEL’S ROMANCE (17), USHBA TESORO (15), ARABIAN KNIGHT (13), PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (13), TWO RIVERS OVER (13), ALVA STARR (13), FIERCENESS (11), DU JOUR (10), SIERRA LEONE (9), SWEET AZTECA (8), NEWGRANGE (7), BIG CITY LIGHTS (7), FRANCESCO CLEMENTE (6), WHITAKER (6), RUBY NELL (5), MCKULICK (4), GOODNIGHT OLIVE (3), POST TIME (2), SUBSANADOR (1), SILVER KNOTT (1), NYSOS (1), RED ROUTE ONE (1), DIDIA (1)