City of Light remains No. 1 with little movement in NTRA poll

A relatively quiet week in the handicap ranks resulted in little movement in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll.

City of Light, winner of the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and this year’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, remains atop the poll with 35 first-place votes and 368 points. Monomoy Girl, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, is second after garnering nine first-place votes and 360 points with fellow Eclipse Award-winner Roy H (341 points) third.

Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational winner Bricks and Mortar (2 first-place vote, 276 points) is fourth with Grade 1 winner McKinzie (207) in fifth. Seeking the Soul (166 points) is sixth followed by champion turf female Sistercharlie (134), the late Battle of Midway (1 first-place vote, 131 points), Accelerate (121), and Marley’s Freedom (77).

The NTRA Top Thoroughbred polls are the sport’s most comprehensive surveys of experts. Every week eligible journalists and broadcasters cast votes for their top 10 horses, with points awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. All horses that have raced in the U.S., are in training in the U.S., or are known to be pointing to a major event in the U.S. are eligible for the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.

The NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll concludes Nov, 4 after the running of the Breeders’ Cup.

Full results for the NTRA Thoroughbred Poll can be found on the NTRA website at: https://www.ntra.com/ntra-top-thoroughbred-poll-march-4-2019/

Full accounting of top 10 votes by voter can be found at: https://www.ntra.com/wp-content/uploads/Polls-week6-by_voter-2019.pdf