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Preakness runner-up Classic Empire is headed to the Belmont Stakes next. (Eclipse Sportswire)

Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top racehorses on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top 3-year-Old Poll. With the first two legs of the Triple Crown behind us, find the latest top 3-year-old rankings below.

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AMERICA'S TOP 3-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBREDS as of June 5

Eclipse Sportswire

1. Classic Empire (17 first-place votes)

Owner: John Oxley

Trainer: Mark Casse

Jockey: Julien Leparoux

2017 stats: 4 starts, 1 win, 1 second, 1 third

Previous race: 2nd, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, May 20 

Next race:  Belmont StakesBelmont Park, June 10


Eclipse Sportswire

2. Always Dreaming (14 first-place votes)

Owner: MeB Racing Brooklyn Boyz, Teresa Viola Racing, St. Elias, Siena Farm and West Point

Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Jockey: John Velazquez

2017 stats: 4 starts, 4 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds

Previous race: 8th, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, May 20

Next race:  TBD, pointed toward either the Haskell Invitational, Monmouth Park, July 30 or Jim Dandy Stakes, Saratoga, July 29


Eclipse Sportswire

3. Cloud Computing (3 first-place votes)

Owner: Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence

Trainer: Chad Brown

Jockey: Javier Castellano

2017 stats: 4 starts, 2 wins, 1 second, 1 third

Previous race: 1st, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, May 20 

Next race: TBD, pointed toward Jim Dandy Stakes, Saratoga, July 29


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4. Lookin At Lee 

Owner: L and N Racing

Trainer: Steve Asmussen

Jockey: Corey Lanerie

2017 stats: 5 starts, 0 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds

Previous race: 4th, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, May 20

Next race:  Belmont StakesBelmont Park, June 10


Eclipse Sportswire

5. Battle of Midway

Owner: WinStar Farm and Don Alberto Stable

Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer

Jockey:  Flavien Prat

2017 stats: 5 starts, 2 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds

Previous race: 3rd, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, May 6 

Next race:  Affirmed Stakes, Santa Anita Park, June 24


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6. Irish War Cry 

Owner: Isabelle de Tomaso

Trainer: Graham Motion

Jockey: Rajiv Maragh

2017 stats: 4 starts, 2 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds

Previous race: 10th, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, May 6 

Next race:  Belmont StakesBelmont Park, June 10


Eclipse Sportswire

7. Unique Bella (1 first-place vote)

Owner: Don Alberto Stable

Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer

Jockey: Mike Smith

2017 stats: 3 starts, 3 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds

Previous race: 1st, Santa Ysabel Stakes, Santa Anita Park, March 4

Next race: TBD


Eclipse Sportswire

8. McCraken 

Owner: Whitham Thoroughbreds

Trainer: Ian Wilkes

Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr.

2017 stats: 3 starts, 1 win, 0 seconds, 1 third

Previous race: 8th, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, May 6  

Next race: Matt Winn Stakes, Churchill Downs, June 17


Mastery
Eclipse Sportswire

9. Mastery (2 first-place votes)

Owner: Cheyenne Stables

Trainer: Bob Baffert

Jockey: Mike Smith

2017 stats: 1 start, 1 win, 0 seconds, 0 thirds

Previous race: 1st, San Felipe Stakes, Santa Anita Park, March 11

Next race: TBD


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10. Practical Joke

Owner: Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence

Trainer: Chad Brown

Jockey: Joel Rosario

2017 stats: 3 starts, 0 wins, 2 seconds, 0 thirds

Previous race: 5th, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, May 6 

Next race: Dwyer Stakes, Belmont Park, June 10

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