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Staff report

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association today released its latest Top Thoroughbred Polls for all horses and for three-year-olds for the week ending March 20.

The full lists are below.

The twin polls are voted on by dozens of journalists and broadcasters, with points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.  Forty-four voters participated in this week’s polls.

 

POLL INSIGHTS

  • Cupid is new to the Top Three-year-old Poll.  The son of Tapit posted a front-running score in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes Saturday at Oaklawn Park and checks in at number seven on the list.
  • Suddenbreakingnews leaves the Top Three-year-old Poll, replaced by Cupid.  Suddenbreakingnews ran fifth as the favorite in the Rebel.  He had been ranked ninth.
  • The Top Thoroughbred Poll was identical to last week’s version.
  • Two horses bred in the mid-Atlantic are among the top three-year-olds.
    • Pennsylvania-bred Mor Spirit is sixth in the poll.  He most recently was second in the Grade 2 San Felipe March 12 and owns a pair of graded stakes wins.
    • Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia remained 10th in the poll.  She is undefeated in four starts and is pointed to the Grade 1 Ashland at Keeneland for her next start.

The full results for both NTRA weekly Thoroughbred polls can be found on the NTRA website.

[su_box title=”NTRA TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL” style=”glass”]THROUGH MARCH 20, 2016

TOP THREE-YEAR-OLD POLL

  1. MOHAYMEN
  2. NYQUIST
  3. SONGBIRD
  4. DANZING CANDY
  5. DESTIN
  6. MOR SPIRIT
  7. CUPID
  8. GUN RUNNER
  9. SHAGAF
  10. CATHRYN SOPHIA

TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL

  1. CALIFORNIA CHROME
  2. MSHAWISH
  3. TEPIN
  4. FROSTED
  5. BEHOLDER
  6. SONGBIRD
  7. MOHAYMEN
  8. RUNHAPPY
  9. NYQUIST
  10. MELATONIN[/su_box]

NOTE: The Racing Biz correspondents Nick Hahn and Frank Vespe are voters in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.