Two horse race continues in NTRA Poll
Horseracing Betting Lines
07/12/2010 -
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Following a one week break from voting in the
NTRA National Poll, the same two horses remain on top of the tabulation.
Champion mare Zenyatta holds a narrow lead over four-year-old colt Quality
Road.
With both thoroughbreds perfect this year in three starts, Zenyatta has a four
point lead on Quality Road, despite receiving seven more first-place votes.
Zenyatta, undefeated in 17 career starts, has 13 first-place votes and 178
points, one less point than two weeks ago. The six-year-old champion is
expected to make her next start on August 7 at Del Mar in the Clement L.
Hirsch, a race she has won the last two years.
Quality Road is steady with six first-place votes and 174 points. The winner
of the Met Mile will also make his next start on August 7, but in the Whitney
Handicap at Saratoga Race Course.
The next three spots are unchanged from the last poll: Blame (120), Rachel
Alexandra (111) and Lookin At Lucky (101).
Double Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti returns to the top 10 in sixth-place
following Saturday's victory in the Man o'War Stakes at Belmont Park, his
initial win of the year. Last year's Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up has 58
points with Kentucky Derby champ Super Saver in seventh with 45 points.
Rail Trip, who was edged in Saturday's Hollywood Gold Cup, dropped two rungs
to eighth with 42 points. Blind Luck won Saturday's Delaware Oaks and moves up
one spot to ninth with 39 points.
Tuscan Evening completes the top 10 with 33 points.
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