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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

PLACE	HORSE	A-S	STATS	POINTS	PVS
1	FIERCENESS-16	3-C	5-3-0-1	291	1
2	THORPEDO ANNA-8	3-F	5-4-1-0	280	2
3	ADARE MANOR-2	5-M	4-3-1-0	188	3
4	NATIONAL TREASURE-5	4-C	4-2-0-0	147	4
5	COGBURN	5-H	3-3-0-0	117	13
6	HIGHLAND FALLS	4-C	6-3-2-0	111	6
7	DORNOCH	3-C	6-3-0-0	102	5
8	IDIOMATIC	5-M	4-2-2-0	88	8
9	SENOR BUSCADOR	6-H	4-1-1-1	70	7
10	NEXT	6-H	3-3-0-0	44	12

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)