
Which 2025 Preakness Runners Should Excel on a Wet Track?
Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the latest 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below.
AMERICA'S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of April 27
1. Tiz the Law (33 first-place votes)
Owner: Sackatoga Stable
Trainer: Barclay Tagg
Jockey: Manuel Franco
2020 record: 2 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Curlin Florida Derby, March 28 at Gulfstream Park
Next race: TBD
2. Authentic (3 first-place votes)
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Drayden Van Dyke
2020 record: 2 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, San Felipe Stakes, March 7 at Santa Anita Park
Next race: TBD
3. Nadal (1 first-place vote)
Owners: George Bolton, Arthur Hoyeau, Barry Lipman, and Mark Mathiesen
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Joel Rosario
2020 record: 3 starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Rebel Stakes, March 14 at Oaklawn Park
Next race: Arkansas Derby, May 2 at Oaklawn Park
4. Charlatan (2 first-place votes)
Owners: SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Frederick Hertrich III, John D. Fielding, and Golconda Stables
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Drayden Van Dyke
2020 record: 2 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, allowance optional claiming race, March 14 at Santa Anita Park
Next race: Arkansas Derby, May 2 at Oaklawn Park
5. Wells Bayou
Owner: Clint Gasaway, Lance Gasaway, Madaket Stables, and Wonder Stables
Trainer: Brad Cox
Jockey: Florent Geroux
2020 record: 3 starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby, March 21 at Fair Grounds
Next race: Arkansas Derby, May 2 at Oaklawn Park
6. Honor A. P.
Owner: C R K Stable
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Jockey: Mike Smith
2020 record: 1 start – 0 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 2nd, San Felipe Stakes, March 7 at Santa Anita Park
Next race: TBD
7. Ete Indien
Trainer: Patrick Biancone
Jockey: Florent Geroux
2020 record: 3 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 1 thirds
Last race: 3rd, Curlin Florida Derby, March 28 at Gulfstream Park
Next race: TBD, possibly the Haskell Invitational, July 18 at Monmouth Park
8. Sole Volante
Owners: Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Andie Biancone, and Limelight Stables
Trainer: Patrick Biancone
Jockey: Florent Geroux
2020 record: 3 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 1 third
Last race: 2nd, Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, March 7 at Tampa Bay Downs
Next race: TBD, possibly the Bemont Derby in July at Belmont Park
Owner: Victoria's Ranch
Trainer: Juan Carlos Avila
Jockey: Samy Camacho
2020 record: 1 start – 1 win – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, March 7 at Tampa Bay Downs
Next race: Arkansas Derby, May 2 at Oaklawn Park
10. Maxfield
Owner: Godolphin
Trainer: Brendan Walsh
Jockey: Jose Ortiz
2020 record: unraced
Last race: 1st, Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, Oct. 5 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD