With Triple Crown preps starting to come fast and heavy, the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll saw some shakeup this week among the sophomores.
Four Midlantic-breds nominated to the Triple Crown raced over the weekend, ending with a 4-0-1-0 record, though one remains on track for the Santa Anita Derby.
What’s on tap: a pair of Top Midlantic-breds in major Triple Crown preps, local stakes action, and more.
In its first Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2016, the NTRA voters tabbed California Chrome and Mohaymen as the heads of their respective classes.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2016, speedy soph Cathryn Sophia and hard-hitting Page McKenney to their divisions.
Two Midlantic-breds – NJ-bred Sunny Ridge and PA-bred Mor Spirit – breezed this weekend preparing for upcoming Triple Crown preps.
Horses like Pennsylvania-bred Mor Spirit – a top Kentucky Derby contender – are “why we’re in the game,” says his breeder, Stuart Grant.
Mor Spirit, a Pennsylvania-bred son of Eskendereya, took the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park to stamp himself the top Derby contender in the West.
Sixteen Midlantic-bred horses — including 7 bred in Pennsylvania and five bred in Maryland — are among 368 early nominees to the Triple Crown.