This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands are not quite as strong as they were last week.
Picture a horse so dominant that racetracks can hardly find any challengers to face him in their biggest races. Picture a horse so talented that victory in these races is considered a mere formality, so much so that racetracks won’t even offer wagering when he steps on to the track, preferring to let him run in non-betting exhibitions.
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 3-year-Old Poll. Find the latest 2017 Top 3-Year-Old rankings below.
AMERICA'S TOP 3-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBREDS as of March 6
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 3-year-Old Poll. Find the latest 2017 Top 3-Year-Old rankings below.
AMERICA'S TOP 3-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBREDS as of Feb. 27
Even through the raspiness that overtook his voice as he tried to articulate the stunner of a contender he had just unleashed on the Triple Crown trail, trainer Joe Sharp’s wonderment over his upstart charge Girvin was as clear as the margin of victory the son of Tale of Ekati had just registered in Saturday’s Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes.
