Midnight Bisou Unshakable From NTRA Poll's Top Spot

Champion Midnight Bisou further stamped her divisional superiority when she cruised to an 8 1/4-length victory in the June 27 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs, a performance that allowed the daughter of Midnight Lute  to continue her reign in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll. 

That victory earned the 2019 Eclipse Award heroine for champion older dirt female 25 first-place votes and 390 points this week to retain the top spot in the poll, a position she has held since March 10.

Midnight Bisou was not alone in uncorking an emphatic performance beneath the Twin Spires this past weekend. G M B Racing's Tom's d'Etat drew off to a 4 1/4-length win in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G2) to move up to second in the poll with nine first-place votes and 347 points.

As evidenced by his status as the lone sophomore runner ranked in the top 10 of the Thoroughbred Poll, Tiz the Law remains the clear leader of the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll. The Belmont Stakes (G1) winner earned 40 first-place votes and 409 points to maintain his lead position, and was sixth in the Top Thoroughbred Poll with three first-place votes and 123 points.

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)

1. Midnight Bisou    390 (25)

2. Tom's d'Etat    347 (9)

3. Mucho Gusto    217

4. Code of Honor    206 (4)

5. By My Standards    180

6. Tiz the Law    123 (3)

7. Zulu Alpha    119

8. Vekoma    116

9. Maximum Security    90 (3)

10. Improbable    85

NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)

1. Tiz the Law    409 (40)

2. Honor A. P.    367 (1)

3. Authentic    276

4. Dr Post    223

5. King Guillermo    200

6. Gamine    138

7. Charlatan    105

8. Max Player    97

9. Swiss Skydiver    71

10. Maxfield    66