With the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) added to his resume, War of Will moved from eighth to second in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top 3-Year-Old Poll. The Mark Casse trainee is only seven points shy of leader Maximum Security, who was disqualified from the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) win for interference.
In the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, Catholic Boy made a reappearance in the top 10 after he returned from a six-month layoff to win the Dixie Stakes (G2T) on the Preakness undercard.
NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll
Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)
1. Maximum Security 418 (21)
2. War of Will 411 (18)
3. Omaha Beach 340 (6)
4. Country House 295
5. Tacitus 254
6. Code of Honor 244
7. Game Winner 159
8. Serengeti Empress 78
9. Owendale 54
10. Improbable 53
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Rank, Horse, Points (first-place votes)
1. Bricks and Mortar 416 (32)
2. McKinzie 352 (6)
3. Gift Box 286 (3)
4. Midnight Bisou 225
5. Mitole 221
6. World of Trouble 186
7. Catholic Boy 162
8. Monomoy Girl 112 (2)
9. Thunder Snow 84 (1)
10. Roy H 82