Preakness Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Preakness Horses
America's Best Horses for Nov. 9
RacingEach week during the extended Triple Crown season and up to the Breeders' Cup in 2020, members of the media around the country voted on the nation's top contenders in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. Find out the final 2020 top 3-year-old rankings below.
AMERICA'S TOP THOROUGHBREDS as of Nov. 9
1. Authentic (37 first-place votes)
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: John Velazquez
2020 record: 7 starts – 5 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: Retired to stud at Spendthrift Farm
2. Tiz the Law
Owner: Sackatoga Stable
Trainer: Barclay Tagg
Jockey: Manuel Franco
2020 record: 6 starts – 4 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Last race: 6th, Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD, possibly the Pegasus World Cup Invitational, Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park
Owner: Peter Callahan
Trainer: Kenny McPeek
Jockey: Robby Albarado
2020 record: 10 starts – 5 wins – 2 seconds – 1 third
Last race: 7th, Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD
4. Gamine
Owner: Michael Lund Petersen
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: John Velazquez
2020 record: 6 starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third
Last race: 1st, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD
5. Happy Saver
Owners: Wertheimer et Frere
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
2020 record: 4 starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 1st, Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes, Oct. 10 at Belmont Park
Next race: TBD
6. Honor A. P.
Owner: C R K Stable
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Jockey: Mike Smith
2020 record: 4 starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 4th, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs
Next race: retired on Sept. 14 due to tendon injury.
Owners: Flurry Racing Stable, Qatar Racing Ltd. and Big Aut Farms
Trainer: Brad Cox
Jockey: Florent Geroux
2020 record: 7 starts – 4 wins – 1 second – 2 thirds
Last race: 3rd, Juddmonte Spinster Stakes, Oct. 4 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD
Owner: Bruce Lunsford
Trainer: Tom Drury Jr.
Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr.
2020 record: 6 starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Last race: 8th, Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD
9. Jesus' Team
Owner: Grupo 7 C Stable
Trainer: Jose Francisco D'Angelo
Jockey: Luis Saez
2020 record: 9 starts – 3 wins – 2 seconds – 2 thirds
Last race: 2nd, Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course
Next race: TBD
10. Max Player
Owners: George Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbreds Corp.
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Paco Lopez
2020 record: 5 starts – 1 win – 0 seconds – 2 thirds
Last race: 5th, Preakness Stakes, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course
Next race: TBD