Sovereignty Rules Final NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2025

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls – November 4, 2025

Sovereignty has won five of six starts in 2025, including three Grade 1 races. The Into Mischief colt’s most recent start was a win in the Grade 1 DraftKings Travers Stakes in August (shown above), which followed wins in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Belmont Stakes (G1), and Jim Dandy Stakes (G2).


Photo credit: Coglianese Photo

Week 41 of the 2025 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through November 2. 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 (24) 3-C 6-5-1-0 272 1
2 FOREVER YOUNG (3) 4-C 4-3-0-1 236 19
3 SIERRA LEONE (1) 4-C 5-1-3-1 217 4
4 FIERCENESS 4-C 5-2-1-1 154 2
5 NYSOS 4-C 4-3-1-0 136 9
6 JOURNALISM 3-C 8-4-3-0 101 5
7 TED NOFFEY 2-C 4-4-0-0 59 14
8 BOOK’EM DANNO 4-G 5-4-0-0 58 7
9 REBEL’S ROMANCE 7-G 8-5-1-1 51 6
10 BENTORNATO 4-R 2-2-0-0 50 N/A

Other horses receiving votes: NOTABLE SPEECH (47), MINDFRAME (35), SCYLLA (25), THORPEDO ANNA (24), SHISOSPICY (20), ETHICAL DIAMOND (13), NITROGEN (9), SHE FEELS PRETTY (9), FORMIDABLE MAN (5), SPLENDORA (4), RAGING TORRENT (4), CY FAIR (4), GEZORA (3), SUPER CORREDORA (3), BAEZA (1)
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