War of Will Moves Up in NTRA Poll with Preakness Win

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War of Will

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