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Rombauer Retains Tops Spot In NTRA 3-Year-Old Poll Sponsored by:
Rombauer winning the Preakness
John and Diane Fradkin s Grade 1 Preakness Stakes winner Rombauer has retained the No. 1 ranking in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Three-Year-Old Poll over last year s 2-year-old champion and Kentucky Derby fourth-place finisher Essential Quality. There were no changes in the order of the top 10 horses from last week.
Trained by Michael McCarthy, Rombauer, a bay son of Twirling Candy, received 12 first-place votes and 300 points. He is expected to start in the final jewel of the Triple Crown, the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, on June 5. Godolphin s Essential Quality, the 5-2 Kentucky Derby favorite, also has 12 first-place votes, but is eight points shy of first place with 292 points. Mandaloun, also trained by Cox, is in third place with four first-place votes and 262 points. Owned by Godolphin, Mandaloun finished second in the Kentucky Derby. Roadrunner R
Medina Spirit Drops To Fourth In NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Sponsored by:
Mandaloun & Medina Spirit in the stretch in Kentucky Derby 147 at Churchill Downs 05.01.21.
Following the report of a failed drug test by race winner Medina Spirit after the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs on May 1, there has been a shake up in the top five positions in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll. Juddmonte s Mandaloun, runner-up to Medina Spirit by a half-length in the Derby, has risen to No. 1 in the poll, with Zedan Racing s Medina Spirit dropping to No. 4.
Medina Spirit Rises To No. 1 On NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll; Malathaat Jumps To Fifth Sponsored by:
John Velazquez celebrates his fourth Kentucky Derby victory aboard Medina Spirit
Following his stirring half-length victory in Saturday s Grade 1 147th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, Zedan Racing Stables Medina Spirit, has risen to No. 1 in this week s National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll.
Sent away at 12-1, Medina Spirit, a Florida-bred son of Protonico, gave Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh Kentucky Derby win and a fourth Derby victory for Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez. Medina Spirit, seventh in last week s poll, received 34 first-place votes and 374 points to take over the top spot from Godolphin s 2020 2-year-old champion Essential Quality, who finished fourth as the 5-2 Derby favorite. Trained by Brad Cox, the previously unbeaten Essential Quality, who led the Top 3-Year Old Poll since the
Essential Quality Retains His Lead In NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Sponsored by:
Undefeated Essential Quality
Undefeated Essential Quality, the likely favorite for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1, remains at the top of this week s National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Poll.
Essential Quality, a striking gray Godolphin homebred, trained by Brad Cox, breezed five furlongs in 59.60 on Saturday morning at Churchill Downs. He is undefeated in five starts, including his most recent victory in the Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 3. The Eclipse Award-winning two-year-old male of 2020 received 34 first-place votes and 373 points in this week s poll.