NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls Released

Golden Tempo and jockey Jose Ortiz win the Belmont Stakes (G1) presented by NYRA Bets by working out a familiar last-to-first trip. The duo trailed the Belmont Stakes field through the first 6 furlongs of the 1 ¼ mile race, just as they had done in the Kentucky Derby (G1) presented by Woodford Reserve, before pulling away late. The son of Curlin has a career record of 6-4-0-2 and $4,633,000 in earnings for trainer Cherie DeVaux and owners Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable. Coglianese Photo

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – June 8, 2026

Week 20 of the 2026 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through June 7. Voting is conducted by national media.

The Three-Year-Old poll represents horses competing up and through the Triple Crown.

The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for Horse of the Year. The Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes on Tuesday, November 3 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, 2026 record and total points. A-S: Age-Sex, Sex: C-colt, G-gelding, H-horse, F-filly, M-mare, R-ridgling.

TOP 3-YEAR OLD POLL
PLACE HORSE A-S STATS POINTS PVS

1 GOLDEN TEMPO (29) 3-C 5-3-0-2 290 1
2 COMMANDMENT 3-C 5-3-1-0 214 6
3 RENEGADE 3-C 4-2-1-1 205 2
4 ENGLISHMAN 3-C 3-2-1-0 202 13
5 NAPOLEON SOLO 3-C 3-1-0-0 186 3
6 FURTHER ADO 3-C 4-2-1-0 93 11
7 STARK CONTRAST 3-C 3-2-1-0 92 7
8 CRUDE VELOCITY 3-C 4-3-1-0 78 5
9 CHIEF WALLABEE 3-C 5-1-1-1 77 4
10 COUNTING STARS 3-F 5-2-1-1 37 28

Other horses receiving votes: THE PUMA (28), IRON HONOR (22), ALWAYS A RUNNER (22), EMERGING MARKET (17), SILENT TACTIC (7), DANON BOURBON (6), OCELLI (4), BELLA BALLERINA (4), POTENTE (4), TED NOFFEY (2), FULLEFFORT (2), EXPLORA (2), PALADIN (1)

TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
PLACE HORSE A-S STATS POINTS PVS

1 NYSOS (10) 5-H 2-1-1-0 248 4
2 MAGNITUDE (8) 4-C 2-2-0-0 246 1
3 WHITE ABARRIO (7) 7-H 2-1-1-0 237 2
4 SOVEREIGNTY (1) 4-C 1-0-1-0 193 3
5 FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) 5-H 2-1-1-0 89 5
6 BOOK ‘EM DANNO 5-G 2-1-1-0 86 26
7 DETERMINISTIC 5-H 2-2-0-0 83 15
8 SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING 7-H 3-2-1-0 72 6
9 NITROGEN 4-F 4-2-1-1 64 26
10 BURNHAM SQUARE (1) 4-G 3-2-1-0 54 8

Other horses receiving votes: GOLDEN TEMPO-1 (52), JOURNALISM (32), KNIGHTSBRIDGE (22), CORPORATE POWER (20), SPLENDORA (16), BAEZA (14), FORMIDABLE MAN (11), GREAT WHITE-1 (10), LAGYNOS (10), WAYS AND MEANS (7), NOTABLE SPEECH (GB) (7), REEF RUNNER (6), T O ELVIS (5), ENGLISHMAN (5), CORNUCOPIAN (3), RHETORICAL (3)