Thorpedo Anna scoring the Acorn at Saratoga. (Adam Coglianese/NYRA)
NYRA Press Office
SARATOGA, N.Y.—Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna turned in her final work in preparation for next Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Personal Ensign, covering a half-mile in 48.28 seconds on Saturday over Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma training track with Luis Rivera, Jr. in the irons. The Personal Ensign offers a “Win and You’re In” berth to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar.
“I thought it was brilliant, perfect,” trainer Ken McPeek said. “I told him to go 48 and change and she looked happy as ever.”
Thorpedo Anna, whose ownership group now includes Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in addition to Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks and Magdalena Racing, enters the Personal Ensign from a win in Churchill Downs’ Grade 2 Fleur de Lis on June 28.
Thorpedo Anna sightings this morning at Saratoga Oklahoma 48.1 @Thorpedo_Anna @HillnDaleFarm pic.twitter.com/3mQfJ5gUkY
— Kenny McPeek (@KennyMcPeek) August 16, 2025
The daughter of Fast Anna returns to the scene of Grade 1 wins in the DK Horse Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks last year ahead of a head second to Fierceness in the Grade 1 DraftKings Travers. She completed the year with Grade 1 wins in the Cotillion at Parx Racing and the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar, concluding a campaign that was awarded Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Filly honors.
Bred by Judy Hicks, Thorpedo Anna is out of the unraced Uncle Mo mare Sataves, whose sophomore colt McAfee is expected to run in the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers on Saturday.
Work of the Day from #Saratoga—Midnight Concerto (Outside), 1:03.10, and Thorpedo Anna, 1:01.80, worked 5 Furlongs on August 10th, 2025, for trainer @KennyMcPeek. pic.twitter.com/ug2ED0wtGw
— 1/ST TV (@Watch1ST) August 10, 2025
