Thorpedo Anna wins the Kentucky Oaks (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire)
Churchill Downs Press Release
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Thorpedo Anna, the champion of the 150th Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I), returned to the Churchill Downs work tab Thursday with a half-mile breeze in :48 with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. in the saddle.
Owned by Brookdale Racing, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks and Magdalena Racing, Thorpedo Anna began her training session soon after the track opened at 5:30 a.m. (all times Eastern). The Kenny McPeek trainee covered an opening quarter-mile in :24 and continued her work past the wire, galloping out five furlongs in 1:00.60, according to Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols.
According to McPeek, Thorpedo Anna will target the June 7 Acorn Stakes (GI) at Saratoga, part of the Belmont Stakes Festival.
