Thorpedo Anna
{{short description|American racehorse}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Thorpedo Anna
| image_name =
| caption =
| sire = Fast Anna
| grandsire = Medaglia d'Oro
| dam = Sataves
| damsire =Uncle Mo
| sex = Filly
| foaled = {{Birth date and age|January 28, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Pedigree of Thorpedo Anna |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/thorpedo+anna|website=Pedigree Online |access-date=4 May 2024}}
| country = United States
| colour = Dark Bay
| breeder = Judy Hicks
| owner = 1. Brookdale Racing, Inc., Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks, and Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek) (– May 2024)
2. Nader Alaali, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks, and Magdalena Racing (June 2024 –)
| trainer = Kenneth G. McPeek
| record = 13: 10 - 2 - 0
| earnings = US$4,824,913{{cite web |title=Profile of Thorpedo Anna |url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10978853®istry=T&rbt=TB |access-date=April 14, 2025}}
| race = Kentucky Oaks (2024)
Fantasy Stakes (2024)
Acorn Stakes (2024)
Coaching Club American Oaks (2024)
Cotillion Stakes (2024)
Breeders' Cup Distaff (2024)
Azeri Stakes (2025)
Apple Blossom Handicap (2025)
| updated = May 2, 2025
|awards=American Horse of the Year (2024)
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2024)}}
Thorpedo Anna (foaled January 28, 2021) is a multiple-Grade 1-race-winning American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 2024 won the Grade I Kentucky Oaks, the Acorn Stakes and the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Racetrack and the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar.
Background
Thorpedo Anna is a dark bay filly who was bred by Judy Hicks in Kentucky. She is currently co-owned by Nader Alaali, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks, and Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek).
Thorpedo Anna is out of the unraced Uncle Mo mare Sataves, by the Medaglia d'Oro son Fast Anna. She comes from the same mare family that produced Eskendereya.Freeman, Greg. "[http://www.siresanddams.com/ThorpedoAnnaWins2024BreedersCupDistaff.html Thorpedo Anna Torpedoes to Winner's Circle in the 2024 Breeders' Cup Distaff]" SiresandDams.com. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
She was named after a local Louisville swimmer.{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=DeWitt |title=How Thorpedo Anna won the 150th Kentucky Oaks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/kentucky-oaks-derby-live-updates-2024/zpwZ1luLUf0t/JRwoemJDRun2/ |website=theathletic.com |date=4 May 2024 |access-date=4 May 2024}}
With a win the following day in the 150th Kentucky Derby with Mystik Dan, Kenneth McPeek became the first trainer since 1952 to win the Derby and the Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. was aboard both horses for their respective wins.{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=DeWitt |title=Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/kentucky-derby-2024-live-updates-results-highlights/J3nxaPhrAxOR/iHjAMamlzmSU/2/ |website=theathletic.com |date=4 May 2024 |access-date=4 May 2024}}
In December 2024, Thorpedo Anna's sequestrum was successfully removed through the jaw procedure at the Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital.{{cite news |last1= Collins|first1= Sean|title=Thorpedo Anna Has Sequestrum Removed from Jaw|url= https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/281669/thorpedo-anna-has-sequestrum-removed-from-jaw|accessdate=December 16, 2024 |work= The Blood-Horse|date=December 15, 2024}}
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Statistics
| class = "wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:95%; font-size:90%" |
| scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Distance ! scope="col" | Race ! scope="col" | Grade ! scope="col" | Track ! scope="col" | Odds ! scope="col" | Field ! scope="col" | Finish ! scope="col" | Winning ! scope="col" | Winning ! scope="col" | Jockey ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref |
|---|
| style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2023 – Two-year-old season |
| {{dts|2023|Oct|26|format=mdy}}
| {{ntsh|7}} 7 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | {{ntsh|6}} | 4.01 | 12 | 1 | 1:24.60 | {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2023|Nov|10|format=mdy}}
| {{ntsh|8}} 1 mile | Allowance | {{ntsh|5.5}} | 0.40* | 6 | 1 | 1:35.68 | {{ntsh|9}}9 lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2023|Nov|25|format=mdy}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|2}}II | 0.99* | 8 | 2 | 1:45.01 | {{ntsh |
| 5.25}} ({{frac|5|1|4}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2024 – Three-year-old season |
| {{dts|2024|Mar|30}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|2}}II | 2.70 | 10 | 1 | 1:44.24 | {{ntsh|4}}4 lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2024|May|3}}
| {{ntsh|9.0}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | 4.49 | 14 | 1 | 1:50.83 | {{ntsh|4.75}} {{frac|4|3|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2024|Jun|7}}
| {{ntsh|9.0}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | Saratoga | 0.75* | 8 | 1 | 1:49.02 | {{ntsh|5.5}} {{frac|5|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2024|Jul|20}}
| {{ntsh|9.0}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | Saratoga | 0.25* | 4 | 1 | 1:50.95 | {{ntsh|4.5}} {{frac|4|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2024|Aug|24}}
| {{ntsh|10.0}} {{frac|1|1|4}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | Saratoga | 3.40 | 8 | 2 | 2:01.79 | {{ntsh |
| 0.15}} (head)
| {{sortname|Brian |Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2024|Sep|21}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | 0.10* | 8 | 1 | 1:45.45 | {{ntsh|0.20}} neck | {{sortname|Brian |Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2024|Nov|02}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | Del Mar | 0.40* | 10 | 1 | 1:49.10 | {{ntsh|2.5}} {{frac|2|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian |Hernandez Jr.}} |{{cite web |title=Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff Grade 1 - (race 6) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=11/02/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=November 2, 2024 |access-date=November 2, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1= Joe|title=Thorpedo Anna Dominates in Breeders' Cup Distaff|url= https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/280873/thorpedo-anna-dominates-in-breeders-cup-distaff|accessdate=November 3, 2024 |work= bloodhorse.com|date=November 3, 2024}} |
| style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2025 – Four-year-old season |
| {{dts|2025|Mar|8}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|2}}II | 0.10* | 5 | 1 | 1:44.02 | {{ntsh|3.5}} {{frac|3|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2025|Apr|12}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | 0.20* | 6 | 1 | 1:44.27 | {{ntsh|4.25}} {{frac|4|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
| {{dts|2025|May|2}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | 0.39* | 7 | 7 | 1:42.91 | {{ntsh |
| 8.5}} ({{frac|8|1|2}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Brian|Hernandez Jr.}} |
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Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Thorpedo Anna was the post-time favourite.
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Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Thorpedo Anna, filly, January 28, 2001
|f= Fast Anna
(2011)
|m = Sataves
(2015)
|ff= Medaglia d'Oro
(1999)
|fm= Dreaming of Anna
(2004)
|mf = Uncle Mo
(2008)
|mm = Pacific Sky
(2004)
|ffm = Cappucino Bay
(1989)
|fmf = Rahy
(1985)
|fmm = Justenuffheart
(1995)
|mff = Indian Charlie
(1995)
|mfm = Playa Maya
(2000)
|mmf = Stormy Atlantic
(1994)
|mmm = Aldebaran Light
(1996)
|ffff = Sadler's Wells (1981)
|fffm = Lady Capulet (1974)
|ffmf = Bailjumper (1974)
|ffmm = Dubbed In (1973)
|fmff = Blushing Groom (FR)(1974)
|fmfm = Glorious Song (CAN) (1976)
|fmmf = Broad Brush (1983)
|fmmm = Kitten's First (1991)
|mfff = In Excess (IRE) (1987)
|mffm = Soviet Sojourn (1989)
|mfmf = Arch (1995)
|mfmm = Dixie Slippers (1995)
|mmff = Storm Cat (1983)
|mmfm = Hail Atlantis (1987)
|mmmf = Seattle Slew (1974)
|mmmm = Altair (1991)
}}