Sovereignty (outside blue cap) and jockey Junior Alvarado swing wide to pass the field on the way to a 10-length victory in the Travers Stakes (G1). (Dom Napolitano)
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls
With his paramount performance in the Travers, Godolphin’s homebred Sovereignty continues to occupy the number 1 spot in the poll.
Repole and St Elias Stables’ Mindframe, who won three consecutive graded stakes this year including the Grade 1, Stephen Foster June 28 remains in the second spot.
Personal Ensign victress Thorpedo Anna (owned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. (J. G. Sikura), Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek), Mark Edwards and Judy B. Hicks) moved up to no. 5 just behind Journalism (4) and Sierra Leone (3).
Forego champ Atlantic Six Racing’s Book’em Danno is at no. 6 in the poll this week.
Week 31 of the 2025 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through August 24. 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 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.
Week 31 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 August 24. 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 | SOVEREIGNTY (24) | 3-C | 6-5-1-0 | 289 | 1 |
| 2 | MINDFRAME (5) | 4-C | 3-3-0-0 | 240 | 2 |
| 3 | SIERRA LEONE | 4-C | 3-1-1-1 | 219 | 3 |
| 4 | JOURNALISM | 3-C | 6-4-2-0 | 213 | 4 |
| 5 | THORPEDO ANNA (1) | 4-F | 5-4-0-0 | 189 | 5 |
| 6 | BOOK’EM DANNO | 4-G | 5-4-0-0 | 122 | 7 |
| 7 | NYSOS | 4-C | 3-2-1-0 | 105 | 6 |
| 8 | DETERMINISTIC | 4-C | 4-3-1-0 | 61 | 8 |
| 9 | FIERCENESS | 4-C | 3-1-1-0 | 57 | 9 |
| 10 | NITROGEN | 3-F | 7-6-1-0 | 46 | 10 |
Other horses receiving votes: She Feels Pretty (31), Raging Torrent (13), White Abarrio (13), Highland Falls (12), Patch Adams (11), Seismic Beauty (8), El Cordobes (4), Ways And Means (4), Baeza (4), Laurelin (2), Forever Young (2), Ewing (1), Hope Road (1), Carl Spackler (1), Dorth Vader (1), Hit Show (1)
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