NTRA Pre-season Polls released

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02/13/2012 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) released a pair of pre-season 'Kick-Off' polls for the 2012 racing season. Performances are through Sunday, February 12.

Game On Dude is first in the NTRA Thoroughbred Poll and Algorithms is atop the Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll.

Trained by Bob Baffert, Game On Dude won his 2012 debut in the San Antonio at Santa Anita Park. Second in last year's final poll, the five-year-old gelding received 20 first-place votes and 393 points.

Defending Horse of the Year Havre de Grace is second with 17 top votes and 350 points. Owned by Fox Hill Farm, the five-year-old mare has yet to race this year.

Fresh off a victory in the Donn Handicap is third-place horse Hymn Book. The six-year-old gelding picked up three first-place votes and 206 points.

In fourth is 2011 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic champ Royal Delta with 186 points. The four-year-old filly is followed by Mucho Macho Man (144), Acclamation (138), Awesome Feather (138), Animal Kingdom (112). Caleb's Posse (90) and Mission Impazible (83).

Algorithms, winner of the Holy Bull Stakes, garnered nine first-place votes and 390 points to slip past Union Rags in the voting. Union Rags received 23 top votes and 386 points.

Alpha, undefeated this year, is third with four first-place votes and 245.points. The colt has victories in the Count Fleet and Withers Stakes.

Creative Cause, third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, is fourth with two top votes and 215 points. Rounding out the top 10 are Out of Bounds (203), Hansen (178), El Padrino (156), I'll Have Another (138), Gemologist (116) and Fed Biz (76).

The Polls will resume on Monday, March 12.

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