Sovereignty walking to the winner’s circle at the Kentucky Derby. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire)
3-Year-Old Sovereignty Holds Top Spot as Start in Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Looms
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls
In a near unanimous 26 votes by 27 eligible voters, with one going to Mindrame holding position No. 3, Sovereignty retains his reign on the Poll at No. 1. Fierceness is at No. 2 with Sierra Leone and Journalism at Nos. 4 and 5 respectively.
Recent retiree, Thorpedo Anna sits at No. 10.
Week 38 of the 2025 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through October 13. 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.
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
| PLACE | HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS |
| 1 | SOVEREIGNTY (26) | 3-C | 6-5-1-0 | 268 | 1 |
| 2 | FIERCENESS | 4-C | 4-2-1-0 | 228 | 2 |
| 3 | MINDFRAME (1) | 4-C | 4-3-0-0 | 194 | 3 |
| 4 | SIERRA LEONE | 4-C | 4-1-2-1 | 186 | 4 |
| 5 | JOURNALISM | 3-C | 7-4-3-0 | 145 | 5 |
| 6 | REBEL’S ROMANCE | 7-G | 7-5-0-1 | 120 | 6 |
| 7 | BOOK’EM DANNO | 4-G | 5-4-0-0 | 80 | 7 |
| 8 | BAEZA | 3-C | 7-2-3-2 | 66 | 9 |
| 9 | ANTIQUARIAN | 4-C | 4-2-2-0 | 32 | 10 |
| 10 | THORPEDO ANNA | 4-F | 6-4-0-0 | 28 | 8 |
Other horses receiving votes: She Feels Pretty (22), Nysos (21), Locked (16), Ted Noffey (10), Formidable Man (8), Nevada Beach (7), Johannes (7), Nitrogen (6), Seismic Beauty (6), Deterministic (5), Ag Bullet (5), Raging Torrent (5), Forever Young (5), Gin Gin (4), Mystik Dan (4), Brant (3), Rhetorical (2), Highland Falls (1), Dorth Vader (1)
Rankings on poll 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.
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