Each week members of the media around the country vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown and Kentucky Oaks trails in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the latest 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below. AMERICA'S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of Aug. 3
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Key Takeaways from the Whitney Stakes and Other Big Weekend Races
Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from Whitney Day on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course and other key developments this weekend:
Fighting Mad Wins Clement Hirsch, Earns Breeders’ Cup Distaff Berth
Last week, Gary and Mary Wests' homebred Maximum Security made his first start for trainer Bob Baffert and carried the silks of partners Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith to
Ramon Dominguez: World-Class Jockey and World-Class Person
Five months after a spill on Jan. 18, 2013, Ramon Dominguez sat in a doctor’s office and received news no jockey ever wants to hear. His career was over. The doctor explained the severity of a traumatic brain injury Dominguez had suffered. He outlined the risks that would be associated with another such injury, risks so great that they made it unthinkable for the jockey to enter the starting gate ever again.
