No Changes in NTRA Top 10; Haskell Could Impact Poll
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Photo: Skip Dickstein
Cody's Wish is led into the winner's circle after capturing the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park
The latest top 10 rankings in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll remain unchanged after a quiet week of graded stakes action.
Godolphin's Cody's Wish , pointed toward the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course, continues to lead over Juddmonte Farm's Elite Power and Stonestreet Stables' Clairiere .
No 3-year-olds are part of the top 10 in advance of the July 22 Haskell Stakes (G1), a race that is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In. The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park provides a paid, automatic berth to the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Florida Derby (G1) winner Forte leads all 3-year-old males in the poll with 20 points, landing in 12th place, followed by 13th-ranked Arcangelo , Blue Rose Farm's Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, who has 16 points. Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) winner Arabian Lion and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage have seven points apiece.
Mage is an intended starter in Saturday's Haskell.
Voting in the Top Thoroughbred Poll is conducted by national media and covers racing performances through July 16. The poll, which concludes Nov. 7 following the Breeders' Cup, represents horses competing for Horse of the Year.
Full poll results and votes by voter can be found online.