With a quiet weekend in racing for the present leaders and each of Woodbine‘s grade 1s for older horses ending in upsets, there was not a lot motion in Week 34 of the Nationwide Thoroughbred Racing Affiliation’s Prime Thoroughbred Ballot. The ballot represents main contenders for the coveted Eclipse Award as Horse of the 12 months.
Repole Steady’s Fierceness has quietly grown his benefit in the #1 spot following his Aug. 24 overcome Thorpedo Anna within the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Within the first ballot voted on by nationwide media following that race, the pair had been tied with 285 factors, Fierceness receiving the tie-breaker with two extra first-place votes.
Now, final yr’s Eclipse champion 2-year-old male has stretched his result in 10 factors, receiving 17 first-place votes to Thorpedo Anna’s eight. Thorpedo Anna returns Sept. 21, the one Prime 10 member racing this weekend, within the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing.Â
Different modifications to the leaderboard got here in a swap of positions for Idiomatic and Dornoch  , now ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, and The Chosen Vron rejoining in tenth after getting bumped out final week. Subsequent , who was tenth final week and eleventh this week, additionally runs at Parx Saturday within the Greenwood Cup (G3).
Additional down the record, Iroquois Stakes (G3) winner Jonathan’s Manner turned the primary 2-year-old this yr to seem within the ballot, receiving 4 factors to tie him in thirty first place.
