Game Winner Still on Top a Now Closer Poll

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Photo: Chad B. Harmon
Game Winner (left) and Omaha Beach are ranked first and fifth in this week's NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

While Game Winner maintained his spot atop the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old poll despite his first career loss March 16 in a division of the Rebel Stakes (G2), the champion 2-year-old male's lead narrowed.

Game Winner finished finished second by a nose to Omaha Beach in one division of the Rebel at Oaklawn Park while his Bob Baffert stablemate Improbable was passed in deep stretch of the other division, finishing second by a neck to Long Range Toddy.

The wins landed Omaha Beach at No. 5 in this week's rankings while Long Range Toddy checked in at No. 6, in a tie with Mucho Gusto—also trained by Baffert.

Five different horses received first-place votes this week: Game Winner, War of Will, Improbable, Code of Honor, and Mucho Gusto.

NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

Rank    Horse    Points (first-place votes)


1.    Game Winner    342 (16)

2.    War of Will    336 (14)

3.    Improbable    277 (5)

4.    Code of Honor    259 (3)

5.    Omaha Beach    253

6T.    Mucho Gusto    159 (1)

6T.    Long Range Toddy    159

8. Tacitus    121

9. Bourbon War    75

10. Haikal    49

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

Rank    Horse    Points (first-place votes)


1.    Monomoy Girl    339 (8)

2.    Roy H    317

3.    City of Light     280 (33)

4.    Bricks and Mortar    251 (2)

5.    McKinzie    187

6.    Midnight Bisou    176

7.    Seeking the Soul    143

8.    Sistercharlie   121

9T. Marley's Freedom    72

9T.    Accelerate     72