NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – June 15, 2026

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Reigning Eclipse Award Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Nitrogen vaulted into the Top 10 after a dominant win in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) presented by Ford at Saratoga Race Course on June 5. The 4-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly and jockey Jose Ortiz won the 1 1/8-mile race by 12 ¾ lengths. Nitrogen has won half of her 16 lifetime starts for owner D.J. Stable and trainer Mark Casse.

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NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – June 15, 2026

Week 21 of the 2026 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through June 8. 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 THOROUGHBRED POLL PLACE HORSE A-S STATS POINTS PVS

1 NYSOS (13) 5-H 2-1-1-0 281 1
2 MAGNITUDE (11) 4-C 2-2-0-0 273 2
3 WHITE ABARRIO (5) 7-H 2-1-1-0 262 3
4 SOVEREIGNTY (1) 4-C 1-0-1-0 208 4
5 FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) 5-H 2-1-1-0 112 5
6 GOLDEN TEMPO (1) 3-C 5-3-0-2 110 11
7 BOOK ‘EM DANNO 5-G 2-1-1-0 96 6
8 DETERMINISTIC 5-H 2-2-0-0 88 7
9 SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING 7-H 3-2-1-0 67 8
10 NITROGEN 4-F 4-2-1-1 65 9

Other horses receiving votes: BURNHAM SQUARE-1 (60), JOURNALISM (23), ENGLISHMAN (19), BAEZA (14), KNIGHTSBRIDGE (14), SPLENDORA (13), CORPORATE POWER (11), FORMIDABLE MAN (9), LAGYNOS (8), NOTABLE SPEECH (GB) (7), T O ELVIS (5), WAYS AND MEANS (5), REEF RUNNER (3), CORNUCOPIAN (2), RHETORICAL (2), COUNTING STARS (2), RENEGADE (1)
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