Following her victory over Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer within the Aug. 16 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Nitrogen has cracked the main 10 horses within the Nationwide Thoroughbred Racing Affiliation Prime Thoroughbred Ballot. She holds the ultimate spot within the prime 10 of the ballot launched Aug. 19, with 9 horses and their positions in entrance of her unchanged from the earlier week’s rankings.
Godolphin’s 3-year-old colt Sovereignty , the favourite for the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (G1), continues to prime the ballot.
Nitrogen, 6-1-0 in seven begins this 12 months for Corridor of Fame coach Mark Casse and proprietor D. J. Secure, displaced the retired Raging Torrent from the highest 10. The latter dropped to twelfth behind Nitrogen and Eleventh-ranked She Feels Fairly , winner of the E. P. Taylor Stakes (G1T) over the weekend at Woodbine.
Voting from week 30 of the ballot adopted racing performances by way of Aug. 17.
Nitrogen’s rating—she is the one 3-year-old filly within the prime 10—confirms her place as the present chief of her division. Different races this summer season and fall, notably the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar, may alter the panorama.Join BloodHorse Day by day
The NTRA Prime Thoroughbred Ballot, voting for which is carried out by nationwide media, represents horses competing for Horse of the Yr. The Prime Thoroughbred Ballot concludes Nov. 4, a number of days after the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships this fall at Del Mar.
The complete ballot and votes by voter may be discovered on-line.
