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The latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred poll saw no major changes, with all 10 horses on the leaderboard training toward races at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland on Oct. 30 and 31.
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Reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty leads the poll. The Godolphin homebred is trained by Bill Mott and received 12 of 26 first-place votes and 229 points. The Grade 1, 1 ⅛-mile Whitney is his only victory in three starts this year. He was third in the G1 Stephen Foster and second in the G2 Oaklawn Handicap.
Susumu Fujita’s Forever Young is second with 10 first-place votes and 223 points. The Yoshito Yahagi trainee won the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup in his third start of the year, and his first since he placed second in the G1 Dubai World Cup to No. 5 Magnitude. In his 2026 debut, the 5-year-old son of Real Steel successfully defended his title in the G1 Saudi Cup.
Knightsbridge, the 6 ¼-length winner of the G1 Pacific Classic, is third with two first-place votes. The 5-year-old has four wins and one second from six starts this year. Before his Pacific Classic triumph, he won the G3 Monmouth Cup by 10 ¼ lengths. Earlier this year at Gulfstream Park, he won both the G3 Fred W. Hooper and G3 Gulfstream Park Mile. Knightsbridge, like Sovereignty, is a Godolphin homebred trained by Mott.
D. J. Stable’s Nitrogen is ranked fourth after she romped in the G2 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park. Trained by Mark Casse, the 4-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro has won three of six starts this year, also winning the G1 Ogden Phipps and G3 Bayakoa Stakes. She was second in the G1 Apple Blossom Handicap and G1 Whitney against males, and third in the G3 Azeri Stakes.
Winchell Thoroughbred’s Magnitude is ranked fifth with two first-place votes. The 4-year-old son of Not This Time suffered his first defeat of 2026 when sixth in the G1 Whitney. The Steve Amussen trainee won the G1 Stephen Foster, G1 Dubai World Cup, and G3 Razorback Handicap earlier this year.
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Sovereignty, Knightsbridge, and Magnitude are all expected to compete in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, along with No. 7 Golden Tempo, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
Nitrogen and No. 10 Splendora, winner of the G1 Beholder Mile and four G2 races this season, will face off in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
After finishing first and second in the G1 Woodbine Mile, No. 8 Notable Speech and No. 9 Deterministic will renew their rivalry in the Breeders’ Cup Mile. No. 6 Englishman, a contender for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, rounds out the top 10.
Other horses receiving votes: Fully Subscribed (14), Leading Change (11), Napoleon Solo (10), Burnham Square (7), T O Elvis (7), U. S. S. Valor (6), Ways And Means (5), Rhetorical (5), Explora (4), Hughes (3), The Puma (2), Tam Tam (2), Kathynmarissa (2).
The Top Thoroughbred Poll represents horses competing for Horse of the Year. The Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes on Tuesday, Nov. 3, following the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
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This story was originally published October 14, 2026 at 8:34 AM.