Rombauer Leads Over Essential Quality in NTRA Poll
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Rombauer trains May 28 at Belmont Park
John and Diane Fradkin's Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Rombauer has a one-point lead over Godolphin's Essential Quality in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top 3-Year-Old Poll, leading five of the top 10 ranked horses who will be starting in the June 5 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) at Belmont Park.
Rombauer received eight first-place votes and 258 points. Godolphin's Essential Quality has 12 first-place votes and 257 points.
Godolphin's 4-year-old Mystic Guide retains the No. 1 rating in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for older horses. Winner of the March 27 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1) at Meydan, Mystic Guide received 26 first-place votes and 284 points.
NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll
Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)
1. Rombauer 258 (8)
2. Essential Quality 257 (12)
3. Mandaloun 213 (4)
4. Hot Rod Charlie 211
5. Medina Spirit 171 (6)
6. Midnight Bourbon 158
7. Malathaat 145
8. Jackie's Warrior 63
9. Rock Your World 51
10. Known Agenda 37
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)
1. Mystic Guide 284 (26)
2T. Knicks Go 194 (3)
2T. Colonel Liam 194
4. Charlatan 166
5. Monomoy Girl 156
6. Maxfield 131 (1)
7. Letruska 123
8. Gamine 118 (1)
9. Shedaresthedevil 89
10. Domestic Spending 57