Nitrogen (left), under Jose Ortiz, defeats Good Cheer in the Alabama Stakes (G1) to record her sixth win in seven 2025 starts for owner D.J. Stable and trainer Mark Casse. (Coglianese/NYRA)
Nitrogen Moves into Top 10 after Alabama Triumph
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls/Edited
Godolphin’s homebred super horse Sovereignty still sits atop the poll as the Into Mischief colt makes his sixth start of his sophomore season.
Sovereignty is coming off three consecutive graded stakes wins (including two of the Spring Classics) after just missing in the Florida Derby. The Bill Mott trainee had just scored back-to-back graded stakes finishing his freshman year and kicking off 2025.
Having hit the board in seven of his eight starts Sovereignty has surpassed the $5 million mark in earnings and looks to add to that total as the favorite in Saturday’s Grade 1, Travers Stakes.
Nitrogen rocketed into the top 10 in the poll after her wicked win in last weekend’s Alabama at Saratoga.
With an imminent start in Saturday’s Personal Ensign, Thorpedo Anna is currently No. 5 on the poll.
Maryland-bred Mindframe campaigned by Repole Stables sits in the No. 2 spot after his eventful summer.
Week 30 of the 2025 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through August 17. 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.
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
| PLACE | HORSE | A-S | STATS | POINTS | PVS |
| 1 | SOVEREIGNTY (18) | 3-C | 5-4-1-0 | 279 | 1 |
| 2 | MINDFRAME (8) | 4-C | 3-3-0-0 | 253 | 2 |
| 3 | SIERRA LEONE (3) | 4-C | 3-1-1-1 | 236 | 3 |
| 4 | JOURNALISM | 3-C | 6-4-2-0 | 217 | 4 |
| 5 | THORPEDO ANNA (1) | 4-F | 4-3-0-0 | 155 | 5 |
| 6 | NYSOS | 4-C | 3-2-1-0 | 128 | 6 |
| 7 | BOOK’EM DANNO | 4-G | 4-3-0-0 | 76 | 7 |
| 8 | DETERMINISTIC | 4-C | 4-3-1-0 | 68 | 8 |
| 9 | FIERCENESS | 4-C | 3-1-1-0 | 61 | 9 |
| 10 | NITROGEN | 3-F | 7-6-1-0 | 53 | 22 |
Other horses receiving votes: She Feels Pretty (40), Raging Torrent (22), White Abarrio (15), Highland Falls (13), Seismic Beauty (10), El Cordobes (7), Magnitude (4), Baeza (4), Ewing (2), Hit Show (2), Gosger (1), Ways And Means (1), Carl Spackler (1), Laurelin (1), Forever Young (1)
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