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Horse Of The Year 2024 | Top Contenders Heading Into Breeders Cup
Thorpedo Anna (left) & Fierceness (Jason Moran/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM)

Horse Of The Year 2024 | Top Contenders Heading Into Breeders Cup

Aaron reviews the current NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll & predicts who will win the 2024 Horse of the Year award after the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

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The NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – September 9, 2024

Week 33 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 September 8. 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.

TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

PLACEHORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS
1FIERCENESS-163-C5-3-0-12911
2THORPEDO ANNA-83-F5-4-1-02802
3ADARE MANOR-25-M4-3-1-01883
4NATIONAL TREASURE-54-C4-2-0-01474
5COGBURN5-H3-3-0-011713
6HIGHLAND FALLS4-C6-3-2-01116
7DORNOCH3-C6-3-0-01025
8IDIOMATIC5-M4-2-2-0888
9SENOR BUSCADOR6-H4-1-1-1707
10NEXT6-H3-3-0-04412

Other horses receiving votes: ARTHUR’S RIDE (40), THE CHOSEN VRON (39), MASTER OF THE SEAS(1) (37), RAGING SEA (32), CARL SPACKLER (30), MULLIKIN (21), SWEET AZTECA (19), NATIONS PRIDE (14), SOCIETY (9), DOMESTIC PRODUCT (9), KINGSBARNS (9), SIERRA LEONE (9), FOREVER YOUNG (8), CINDERELLA’S DREAM (7), SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING (7), MUTH (5), FAR BRIDGE (5), ISCREAMUSCREAM (4), ANISETTE (4), AG BULLET (3), MOIRA (3), JOHANNES (3), MIXTO (2), RAGING TORRENT (1), WAYS AND MEANS (1), POST TIME (1)