Champions past present and future seized the day in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1), with Fierceness reaffirming his 2023 credentials by holding off top-rated filly Thorpedo Anna by a head in a thrilling finish Saturday to the marquee race of the summer. Champion Fierceness back in the winner'...
Thorpedo Anna will attempt to become the first filly since 1915 to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday – and she will have to do it from the inside post. Thorpedo Anna second choice with Fierceness against the boys in the Travers The fantastic filly traine...
It’s been more than a century since a filly won the Travers Stakes (G1), so when Thorpedo Anna takes on the boys in the 155th edition of the “Midsummer Derby’’ on Aug. 24, there’s history on the line at storied Saratoga. Thorpedo Anna will try to become be the first filly to win the Traver...
After a rocky start in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Thorpedo Anna proved once again she relishes a challenge. So does her trainer, Kenny McPeek. Following her 4 ½-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile race – her third straight Grade 1 win – McPeek toyed with...
Thorpedo Anna will face just four other 3-year-old fillies as she goes in search of her third straight Grade 1 victory on Saturday in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course. Half her opponents hail from the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher, an eight-time winner of the 1 1/8-mi...
Thorpedo Anna delivered an overpowering performance in the $500,000 Acorn Stakes (G1) on Friday at Saratoga Race Course, blowing away the field in a 5 ½-length romp over Leslie’s Rose. Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna won the first leg of the filly Triple Tiara The 3-year-old star filly, trained by Kenn...
Five weeks ago, Thorpedo Anna set the stage for stablemate Mystic Dan’s upset in the Kentucky Derby (G1) when she ran off to a 4 ¾-length win over champion Just F Y I in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), opening the gate for Kenny McPeek and Brian Hernandez, Jr. to become the first trainer-jockey combo to ...
Get ready for a unique Belmont Stakes in less than three weeks at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York, not downstate at Belmont Park. Yes, the final leg of the Triple Crown has also been held at Jerome Park, Morris Park, and Aqueduct through the first 155 runnings. But this is a bit different. ...
Soaked and celebrating, trainer Ken McPeek was all smiles after watching Thorpedo Anna cruise through the slop for a dominating 4 ¾-length victory in the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs on Friday. “Special,’’ was McPeek’s first reaction as he finally won the Oaks after th...
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