NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls

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Godolphin’s homebred Notable Speech (GB), under jockey William Buick, wins the Woodbine Mile for the second consecutive year. The 5-year-old son of Dubawi (IRE) defeated Deterministic, who was on a six-race winning streak. Notable Speech is trained by Charles Appleby. @Michael Burns

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll – September 14, 2026

Week 34 of the 2026 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through September 13. 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 SOVEREIGNTY (23) 4-C 3-1-1-1 297 1
2 KNIGHTSBRIDGE (3) 5-H 6-4-1-0 264 2
3 NITROGEN 4-F 5-2-2-1 216 3
4 FOREVER YOUNG (JPN)-2 5-H 2-1-1-0 178 5
5 MAGNITUDE (4) 4-C 4-3-0-0 177 4
6 ENGLISHMAN 3-C 4-3-1-0 119 7
7 GOLDEN TEMPO 3-C 6-3-0-3 105 8
8 NOTABLE SPEECH (GB) 5-H 5-3-0-0 101 18
9 DETERMINISTIC 5-H 4-3-1-0 100 6
10 SPLENDORA 5-M 6-5-0-0 69 11

Other horses receiving votes: LEADING CHANGE (34), BURNHAM SQUARE (22), EXPLORA (11), NAPOLEON SOLO (10), WAYS AND MEANS (10), BAEZA (10), FULLY SUBSCRIBED (8), T O ELVIS (7), SURVIE (5), TIFFANY (IRE) (4), TAM TAM (3), BOOK ‘EM DANNO (3), LUSTER (2), COUNTING STARS (2), PHILEAS FOGG (1), CAROLINE ST BEAT (1), NYSOS (1), SPIRITED SOL (1)