Knightsbridge Jumps to No. 2 in NTRA Poll

Godolphin's Knightsbridge jumped to the No. 2 spot in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll Aug. 25, following a 6 1/4-length win in the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) Aug. 22 at Del Mar. His stablemate, 2025 Horse of the Year and recent Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty, remains atop the standings, receiving 24 first-place votes and 289 points. Votes are determined by national media members who vote in the weekly poll. Knightsbridge received one first-place vote and 228 points overall, boosting him from ninth place to second after his impressive performance last weekend. The 5-year-old son of Nyquist turned heads after his 10 1/4-length romp in the Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3) in July, prompting his connections to ship him to the West Coast for the first time. Nitrogen, who was runner-up to Sovereignty in the Aug. 8 Whitney, trails the Bill Mott trainees in third, with 197 points. Magnitude remains in fourth with 168 points and three first-place votes, and Deterministic slipped from third to fifth with two first-place votes and 163 points. Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Golden Tempo was pushed out of the top five, but that could change next week after his run in the highly anticipated Aug. 29 Travers Stakes (G1). See the full Week 31 results of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll