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America's Best Horses for Aug. 24
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Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown and Kentucky Oaks trails in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the latest 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below.
AMERICA'S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of Aug. 24

1. Tiz the Law (39 first-place votes)
Owner: Sackatoga Stable
Trainer: Barclay Tagg
Jockey: Manuel Franco
2020 record: 4 starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Runhappy Travers Stakes, Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

Owner: Bruce Lunsford
Trainer: Tom Drury Jr.
Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr.
2020 record: 4 starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Ellis Park Derby, Aug. 9 at Ellis Park
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

3. Honor A. P.
Owner: C R K Stable
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Jockey: Mike Smith
2020 record: 3 starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 2nd, Shared Belief Stakes, Aug. 1 at Del Mar
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

4. Authentic
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Drayden Van Dyke
2020 record: 4 starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, TVG.com Haskell Stakes, July 18 at Monmouth Park
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

5. Gamine
Owner: Michael Lund Petersen
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: John Velazquez
2020 record: 4 starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Longines Test Stakes, Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Kentucky Oaks, Sept. 4 at Churchill Downs

Owner: Peter Callahan
Trainer: Kenny McPeek
Jockey: Mike Smith
2020 record: 7 starts – 4 wins – 1 second – 1 third
Last race: 1st, Alabama Stakes, Aug. 15 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Longines Kentucky Oaks, Sept. 4 at Churchill Downs

Owners: Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Abel Cedillo
2020 record: 5 starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Shared Belief Stakes, Aug. 1 at Del Mar
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

Owner: Victoria's Ranch
Trainer: Juan Carlos Avila
Jockey: Samy Camacho
2020 record: 2 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 2nd, Arkansas Derby, May 2 at Oaklawn Park
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

9. Ny Traffic
Owners: John Fanelli, Cash is King, LC Racing and Paul Braverman
Trainer: Saffie Joseph Jr.
Jockey: Paco Lopez
2020 record: 5 starts – 1 win – 3 seconds – 1 third
Last race: 2nd, TVG.com Haskell Stakes, July 18 at Monmouth Park
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs

10. Caracaro
Owners: Global Thoroughred and Top Racing
Trainer: Gustavo Delgado
Jockey: Javier Castellano
2020 record: 3 starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 2nd, Runhappy Travers Stakes, Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course
Next race: Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs