LEXINGTON, KY – Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational winner City of Light officially ended his career on top by earning first place in the initial National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2019, the NTRA announced today.
Racing Dudes Aaron Halterman, Jared Welch, and Mike “Saratoga Slim” Spector are all weekly voters in the polls. See each of their rankings below:
RANK | AARON HALTERMAN | JARED WELCH | MIKE "SARATOGA SLIM" SPECTOR |
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1 | City of Light | City of Light | City of Light |
2 | Roy H | Roy H | Monomoy Girl |
3 | Monomoy Girl | Monomoy Girl | Roy H |
4 | McKinzie | McKinzie | Bricks and Mortar |
5 | Game Winner | Bricks and Mortar | Game Winner |
6 | Jaywalk | Bellafina | McKinzie |
7 | Improbable | Game Winner | Catholic Boy |
8 | Bricks and Mortar | World of Trouble | World of Trouble |
9 | Bellafina | Midnight Bisou | Midnight Bisou |
10 | World of Trouble | Improbable | Seeking the Soul |
The NTRA Top Thoroughbred polls are the sport’s most comprehensive surveys of experts. Every week eligible journalists and broadcasters cast votes for their top 10 horses, with points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. All horses that have raced in the U.S., are in training in the U.S., or are known to be pointing to a major event in the U.S. are eligible for the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. The NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes November 2 after the running of the Breeders’ Cup.
Things weren’t so easy in the first edition of the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll. The Top 3-Year-Old Poll concludes June 8 after the Belmont Stakes. See the Dudes’ ranks below:
RANK | AARON HALTERMAN | JARED WELCH | MIKE "SARATOGA SLIM" SPECTOR |
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1 | Game Winner | Improbable | Game Winner |
2 | Improbable | Game Winner | Improbable |
3 | Instagrand | Instagrand | Instagrand |
4 | Hidden Scroll | Maximus Mischief | Maximus Mischief |
5 | Maximus Mischief | War of Will | War of Will |
6 | Mucho Gusto | Hidden Scroll | Mind Control |
7 | War of Will | Gunmetal Gray | Hidden Scroll |
8 | Signalman | Mucho Gusto | Gunmetal Gray |
9 | Gunmetal Gray | Signalman | Vekoma |
10 | Vekoma | Knicks Go | Mucho Gusto |
The full results for the entire NTRA Thoroughbred Poll can be found on the NTRA website here.
Full accounting of top 10 votes by voter can be found here.