NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – Oct 19, 2026

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Godolphin LLC’s Knightsbridge and jockey Junior Alvarado win the Grade I $1,000,000 Pacific Classic Saturday, August 22, 2026 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, CA. The Kentucky-bred son of Nyquist is trained by William I. Mott.
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NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – Oct 19, 2026

Week 39 of the 2026 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through Oct 18. 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

T1 FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) (13) 5-H 3-2-1-0 253 2
T1 SOVEREIGNTY (11) 4-C 3-1-1-1 253 1
3 KNIGHTSBRIDGE (3) 5-H 6-4-1-0 226 3
4 NITROGEN 4-F 6-3-2-1 198 4
5 MAGNITUDE (2) 4-C 4-3-0-0 161 5
6 ENGLISHMAN 3-C 4-3-1-0 117 6
7 GOLDEN TEMPO 3-C 6-3-0-3 92 7
8 NOTABLE SPEECH (GB) 5-H 5-3-0-0 87 8
9 DETERMINISTIC 5-H 4-3-1-0 77 9
10 SPLENDORA 5-M 6-5-0-0 50 10

Other horses receiving votes: FULLY SUBSCRIBED (17), LEADING CHANGE (11), NAPOLEON SOLO (10), BURNHAM SQUARE (7), T O ELVIS (7), U. S. S. VALOR (6), RHETORICAL (5), WAYS AND MEANS (5), EXPLORA (4), HUGHES (3), THE PUMA (2), KATHYNMARISSA (2), TAM TAM (2)