Mystic Guide Remains On Top in NTRA Poll

Godolphin's 4-year-old Mystic Guide  remained in first place in the latest NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll, but St. George Stable's 5-year-old mare Letruska  and Godolphin's 4-year-old Maxfield , moved up to second and third place, respectively, following dominating victories at Churchill Downs June 26.

Mystic Guide, trained by Mike Stidham, received 21 first-place votes and 313 points. On Saturday, Mystic Guide breezed 4 furlongs in :48.2 at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland in preparation for the July 3 Suburban Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. A chestnut son of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper  , Mystic Guide will be making his first start since winning the March 27 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airlines on March 27. Letruska, trained by Fausto Gutierrez, won the June 26 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2)  by 5 3/4 lengths for her fourth win in five starts in 2021. A bay daughter of Super Saver  , Letruska has two first-place votes and 268 points, moving from third to second place this week. Equally impressive on Saturday was Maxfield, who swept to a powerful 3 1/4-length victory in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G2). A dark bay son of Street Sense  , Maxfield jumped from seventh to third place in the poll. Trained by Brandan Walsh, Maxfield increased his first-place votes from one to five this week, and has a total of 253 points.

 

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)

1. Mystic Guide    313 (21)

2. Letruska    268 (2)

3. Maxfield    253 (5)

4. Silver State    229 (1)

5. Domestic Spending     219 (6)

6. Essential Quality     185 (1)

7. Monomoy Girl     87

8. Gamine     109

9. Knicks Go   37

10. Charlatan     135 (32)