Shortly recovering following a sluggish begin, Thorpedo Anna reeled in front-running Leslie’s Rose and cruised to victory within the $500,000 Grade 1 Teaching Membership American Oaks July 20 at Saratoga Race Course. The victory was her fourth in as many begins this yr and her third consecutive Grade 1 rating following comfy wins within the Grade 1 DK Horse Acorn Stakes and Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks.
Thorpedo Anna raced 1 1/8 miles on a quick observe in 1:50.95. The runaway chief within the 3-year-old filly division, she paid $2.50 to win for coach Kenny McPeek. Thorpedo Anna raised her profession document to 5-1-0 in six total begins with earnings of $2.7 million.
With Thorpedo Anna heading in direction of a presumptive 3-year-old filly Eclipse Award, her homeowners plan to race the filly once more subsequent yr. Identified for working fillies in opposition to colts, McPeek could also be leaning in direction of working subsequent within the DraftKings Travers Stakes in opposition to males versus the Alabama Stakes in opposition to fillies.
“If I run her within the Alabama, it is no enjoyable for anyone. No person goes to run in opposition to her, and what would she be — 1-2 or much less?” McPeek mentioned. “I like challenges. I would be sticking my neck out a little bit bit, however I feel the game may actually get pleasure from seeing a filly tackle the colts. Whether or not it is Real Threat or Profitable Colours or Swiss [Skydiver] — I am going to take a look at the numbers and attempt to make an informed determination if I feel we will run with them. I watched Dornoch at present (successful the Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes), and he ran 1:50 and alter. There’s not a lot separation there, no less than (based mostly) on time it is a good downside.”