Just three points back in third place is St. George Stable’s 5-year-old mare Letruska (225 points), who won Belmont’s Grade 1 Ogden Phipps for trainer Fausto Gutierrez. Klaravich Stables’ 4-year-old gelding Domestic Spending, trained by Chad Brown, retains fourth place, and is the only turf horse in the top 10. Winner of the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes at Belmont, Domestic Spending has five first-place votes and 218 points.

Godophin’s Essential Quality, who last week finished first in the final NTRA Top 3-Year-old Poll of 2021 following his Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets victory, moves from ninth to fifth place. Trained by Brad Cox, Essential Quality has two first-place votes and 181 points. 

SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Frederick Hertrich, III, John Fielding and Golconda Stables’ 4-year-old Charlatan (143 points), runner-up in the Group 1 Saudi Cup for trainer Bob Baffert, drops from fifth to sixth place. The  4-year-old Maxfield, trained by Brendan Walsh, is the third Godolphin runner in the top 10. Maxfield, winner of the Grade 2 Alysheba Stakes presented by Sentient Jet, is now in seventh place with one first-place vote and 133 points. 

The 4-year-old Gamine (121 points), last year’s champion female sprinter, also trained by Baffert, remains in eighth place. My Racehorse, Spendthrift Farm LLC and Madaket Stables’ 6-year-old Monomoy Girl, the 2020 older dirt female Eclipse Award-winner, drops from seventh to ninth place with 99 points. Korea Racing Stable’s Knicks Go (34 points), winner of the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational, remains in 10^th place. 

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. Voting in the Top Thoroughbred Poll is scheduled to be conducted through Nov. 6.