Imperial Hint moves up in NTRA top 10 poll, Accelerate still leads

Hronis Racing’s Accelerate retained his hold atop the NTRA Top 10 Thoroughbred Poll for the ninth consecutive week as virtually all of the top U.S.-based horses in training continue to point for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Nov. 2-3 at Churchill Downs.

Accelerate, who received nine first place votes and 346 points, recently was installed the 3-1 favorite in future wagering on the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Retired Triple Crown winner Justify was second in the Top 10 poll with 27 first place votes and 322 points. The only other horse to receive a first place vote, Twinspires.com Breeders’ Cup Sprint contender Imperial Hint (one first place vote, 157 points), moved from sixth to fifth place in this week’s poll.

The versatile Mind Your Biscuits, who is under consideration to compete in three different Breeders’ Cup races, was third in this week’s poll with 211 points. He was followed by Distaff contender Monomoy Girl (fourth place, 207 points).

Leading 3-year-old Classic contender Catholic Boy (146 points) fell one spot to sixth place in this week’s poll. He was followed by Yoshida (seventh place, 142 points), West Coast (eighth place, 119 points), Catalina Cruiser (ninth place, 94 points) and Sistercharlie (10th place, 74 points).

The full results for the NTRA Thoroughbred Poll can be found on the NTRA website at: https://www.ntra.com/ntra-top-thoroughbred-poll-october-15-2018/

Full accounting of top 10 votes by voter can be found at: https://www.ntra.com/wp-content/uploads/Polls-week38-by_voter-2018.pdf