Raging Torrent battled Fierceness in the Metropolitan Handicap. (Dom Napolitano)
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Metropolitan Handicap winner Raging Torrent remained on the top of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll with Fierceness in second and dual Spring Classic winner Sovereignty in third.
Week 21 of the 2025 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 June 15. Voting is conducted by national media.
The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for Horse of the Year. The Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes on Tuesday, November 4 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, 2025 record and total points. A-S: Age-Sex, Sex: C-colt, G-gelding, H-horse, F-filly, M-mare, R-ridgling.
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
| PLACE | HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS |
| 1 | RAGING TORRENT (10) | 4-C | 2-2-0-0 | 234 | 1 |
| 2 | FIERCENESS (2) | 4-C | 2-1-1-0 | 206 | 2 |
| 3 | SOVEREIGNTY (12) | 3-C | 4-3-1-0 | 199 | 4 |
| 4 | MINDFRAME (4) | 4-C | 2-2-0-0 | 184 | 3 |
| 5 | HIT SHOW (1) | 5-H | 3-2-0-1 | 146 | 5 |
| 6 | JOURNALISM | 3-C | 5-3-2-0 | 111 | 9 |
| 7 | THORPEDO ANNA | 4-F | 3-2-0-0 | 93 | 6 |
| 8 | WHITE ABARRIO | 6-H | 3-2-0-0 | 83 | 7 |
| 9 | KOPION | 4-F | 2-2-0-0 | 62 | 8 |
| 10 | LOCKED | 4-C | 3-1-1-0 | 53 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: She Feels Pretty (31), First Mission (26), Ways And Means (21), Nysos (15), Sierra Leone (14), Deterministic (14), Nitrogen (13), Skippylongstocking (12), Book’em Danno (12), Mystik Dan (11), Forever Young (9), Carl Spackler (8), Spirit Of St Louis (7), Good Cheer (6), Bishops Bay (5), Saudi Crown (4), Ag Bullet (4), Be Your Best (4), Raging Sea (4), Just A Touch (3), Mixto (1)
