After successful the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff Nov. 2 at Del Mar, Thorpedo Anna comfortably topped the ultimate Nationwide Thoroughbred Racing Affiliation ballot of prime Thoroughbreds of 2024.
Thorpedo Anna‘s presence atop the Nov. 5-released ballot forward of Sierra Leone and Fierceness factors to the chance of her being awarded the distinguished prize of 2024 Horse of the Yr when Eclipse Award winners are introduced in a ceremony Jan. 23 at The Breakers Palm Seaside in South Florida. She is taken into account a certainty to be honored as champion 3-year-old filly.
The Kenny McPeek-trained daughter of Quick Anna is 6-1-0 in seven begins this 12 months with earnings of greater than $3.6 million for house owners Brookdale Racing, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks, and Magdalena Racing.
She has 295 general factors within the ballot to rank forward of Longines Breeders’ Cup Traditional winner Sierra Leone with 262. Traditional runner-up and Grade 1 Draftkings Travers Stakes winner Fierceness ranks third with 233 factors. Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Insurgent’s Romance is a distant fourth within the ballot with 150 factors. Thorpedo Anna additionally leads in first-place votes with 26.
Sierra Leone outpolled Fierceness and has three first-place votes to none for Fierceness additionally factors to Sierra Leone being the most certainly winner of the 3-year-old male title. Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Insurgent’s Romance attracted the one different first-place vote.
TOP THOROUGHBRED POLL
|
PLACE |
HORSE |
A-S |
STATS |
POINTS |
PVS |
|
1 |
Thorpedo Anna (26) |
3-F |
7-6-1-0 |
295 |
2 |
|
2 |
Sierra Leone (3) |
3-C |
7-3-2-2 |
262 |
20 |
|
3 |
Fierceness |
3-C |
6-3-1-1 |
233 |
1 |
|
4 |
Insurgent’s Romance (1) |
6-G |
6-5-0-1 |
150 |
30 |
|
5 |
Idiomatic |
5-M |
5-3-2-0 |
88 |
5 |
|
6 |
Without end Younger |
3-C |
5-3-0-2 |
76 |
15 |
|
7 |
Straight No Chaser |
5-H |
3-2-0-0 |
65 |
– |
|
8 |
Moira |
5-M |
4-2-2-0 |
54 |
31 |
|
9 |
Cogburn |
5-H |
4-3-0-0 |
48 |
3 |
|
10 |
Nationwide Treasure |
4-C |
5-2-1-0 |
47 |
7 |
Different horses receiving votes: Extra Than Appears (41), Newgate (39), Immersive (32), Full Serrano (22), Raging Sea (21), Johannes (19), Seize the Gray (17), Lake Victoria (15), Adare Manor (15), Dornoch (15), Carl Spackler (14), Citizen Bull (13), Soul Of An Angel (12), The Chosen Vron (12), Subsequent (11), Senor Buscador (11), Highland Falls (8), Subsanador (5), Mystik Dan (4), Society (3), Henri Matisse (1), Put up Time (1), Cinderella’s Dream (1).
The NTRA Prime Thoroughbred Ballot represents votes carried out by nationwide media. Media additionally contributes towards Eclipse Award voting. Particularly, Eclipse Award voting is carried out by the Nationwide Turf Writers and Broadcasters, Every day Racing Type, and NTRA-member racing officers and Equibase discipline personnel.
