McPeek says Thorpedo Anna is ‘doing great’ before Cotillion

Thorpedo Anna posted her final work yesterday at Saratoga Race Course in preparation for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion at Parx.

Trained by Kenny McPeek for Brookdale Racing, Mark Edwards, Judy Hicks and Magdalena Racing, the multiple Grade 1 winner and clear leader of the sophomore filly division covered five furlongs in 1:00.2 over the Oklahoma dirt training track under regular exercise rider Danny Ramsey.

McPeek, who is currently at the Keeneland September yearling sale, said the report on the filly’s work was positive.

“All accounts are that she worked super and came out super,” said McPeek. “She’s doing great at Saratoga.”

Thorpedo Anna was last seen finishing a hard-fought second to 2023 champion 2-year-old colt Fierceness in the Grade 1 Travers on August 24 at the Spa. The daughter of Fast Anna has won three Grade 1 races this year: the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, Acorn during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga, and the Coaching Club American Oaks at the Spa.

Parx will be the fifth track Thorpedo Anna has raced over, and McPeek said he expects the remarkable dark bay to rise to the occasion, as usual.

“She’s all set and will probably ship down the day before,” said McPeek. “She’s handled everything else she’s ever done, I don’t know why she wouldn’t handle that.”

Thorpedo Anna has remained at Saratoga since the Travers and has posted two works, the other being a half-mile in 50.8 seconds on Sept. 7.