Highland Falls now no. 6 in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

Pick Pony | Sept. 6, 2024, 1:58 p.m.

Godolphin homebred Highland Falls won Sunday’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup under Flavien Prat, who set a record by winning 14 graded stakes during the Saratoga meet. The photo credit goes to Coglianese Photo/NYRA.

Week 32 of the 2024 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll were conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and covered racing performances through September 2. Voting is conducted by national media.

The Three-Year-Old poll represents horses competing up through the Triple Crown, while 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 THOROUGHBRED POLL

PLACEHORSEA-SSTATSPOINTSPVS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

FIERCENESS (15)

3-C

5-3-0-1

254

1

2

THORPEDO ANNA (6)

3-F

5-4-1-0

253

2

3

ADARE MANOR (2)

5-M

4-3-1-0

168

3

4

NATIONAL TREASURE (5)

4-C

4-2-0-0

145

5

5

DORNOCH

3-C

6-3-0-0

93

8

6

HIGHLAND FALLS

4-C

6-3-2-0

88

41

7

SENOR BUSCADOR

6-H

4-1-1-1

78

6

8

IDIOMATIC

5-M

4-2-2-0

74

7

9

ARTHUR'S RIDE

4-C

5-3-0-0

49

4

10

THE CHOSEN VRON

6-G

6-5-1-0

44

9

Other horses receiving votes: MASTER OF THE SEAS-1 (41), NEXT (37), COGBURN (31), CARL SPACKLER (29), RAGING SEA (26), MULLIKIN (23), SWEET AZTECA (18), KINGSBARNS (14), NATIONS PRIDE (14), DOMESTIC PRODUCT (11), ANISETTE (10), SOCIETY (10), A MO REAY (10), SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING (9), Absolutely Zero (9), SIERRA LEONE (8), FOREVER YOUNG (8), ACE OF CLUBS (8), TAPIT TRICE (7), MUTH (7), CINDERELLA’S DREAM (7), Acoustic Ave (7), FAR BRIDGE (5), RANDOMIZED (5), JOHANNES (5), ISCREAMUSCREAM (5), ADHAMO (5), POST TIME (4), AG BULLET (4), AFFABLE (4), MOIRA (3), AFFIRMATIVE LADY (3), MIXTO (3), RAGING TORRENT (1), EXTRA ANEJO (1), WAYS AND MEANS (1)