KENTUCKY DERBY HORSES

The reign of California-based horses atop the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Poll continues this week in a new set of hands with Fox Hill Farms' Omaha Beach taking over the No. 1 position from Roadster in the wake of the former's triumph in the Arkansas Derby (G1) April 13 at Oaklawn Park. 

Omaha Beach earned his second career graded stakes win and first top-level score when he defeated Improbable by a length in the Arkansas Derby. That victory puts the son of War Front  in position to vie for favoritism in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and earned him 32 first-place votes and 448 points to take over the top poll position. 


NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll
Rank    Horse    Points (first-place votes)
1.    Omaha Beach    448 (32)
2.    Roadster    370 (5)
3.    Tacitus    344 (7)
4.    Game Winner    322 (1)
5.    Improbable    271
6.    Vekoma    183 (6)
7.    Maximum Security    177
8.    Code of Honor    87
9.    War of Will    67
10.    By My Standards    57


NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
1.    Bricks and Mortar    341 (11)
2.    Gift Box    323 (6)
3.    Midnight Bisou    261 (2)
4.    McKinzie    241 (1)
5.    Monomoy Girl    239 (7)
6.    City of Light     168 (11)
7.    Roy H    168
8.    Thunder Snow    119 (5)
9.    World of Trouble    111
10.    X Y Jet    110 (1)