Kentucky Oaks 150 winner Thorpedo Anna retiring from racing
W-L-K-Y’S DOMINIQUE YATES REPORTS FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS. KENNY MCPEEK IS A KENTUCKY GUY THROUGH AND THROUGH. HE WENT TO TATES CREEK HIGH SCHOOL. HE KNOWS WHAT HORSE RACING IN THIS STATE IS ALL ABOUT. AND AFTER HIS SHARE OF SECOND PLACE FINISHES, HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO TASTE VICTORY THANKS TO THE SPEED OF TORPEDO, ANNA MCPEEK WAS ABLE TO WIN HIS FIRST KENTUCKY OAKS. WE WORK OUR TAIL OFF AND THE SECOND THE SECONDS WERE A LITTLE FRUSTRATE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I’M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE BOUGHT HER AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS THAT WE’VE RUN IN THE RACE, YOU KNOW, I BOUGHT AT AUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST YOU WORK AT IT AND YOU WORK AT IT AND YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF FORMULA IT’S GOING TO TAKE TO COME UP WITH A HORSE THAT CAN WIN RACES LIKE THESE. AND IT’S COME TOGETHER TODAY AND YOU CAN’T TAKE ANY OF IT FOR. GRANTED, AND YOU JUST KEEP AT IT. THAT’S THE SPECIAL THING. YOU KNOW, KENNY KENNY’S HAD QUITE A FEW SECONDS WITH SOME REALLY NICE FILLIES, SO TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY WIN HIS VERY FIRST KENTUCKY OAKS FORM, IT’S A IT’S A SPECIAL MOMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HE’S REALLY HE’S ADVANCED MY CAREER A WHOLE LOT THE LAST FEW YEARS WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD HORSES AND IN THESE BIG RACES AND AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TEAM UP AND WIN A CLASSIC RACE LIKE THIS, IT’S IT’S EXTRA SPECIAL. I FELT REALLY CONFIDENT EVEN FIRST HALF MILE. BUT SHE’S JUST FAST. AND, YOU KNOW, JUDY’S BRED A BEAUTIFUL FILLY HERE. AND YOU KNOW SHE’S GOT GEAR ON TOP OF GEAR AND I’M JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HER FUTURE. EVEN BEYOND TODAY. YOU SAW IT DIDN’T YOU? FOR THOSE THAT DON’T KNOW, I HAD BEEN QUOTED UP REPEATEDLY ALL WEEK. THEY BETTER BRING A BEAR BECAUSE I’VE GOT A GRIZZLY. AS FAR AS WHAT’S NEXT FOR THIS FILLY, MCPEEK SAID HE DID THINK ABOUT THE PREAKNESS, BUT HE’LL WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT. BUT FOR NOW, HE’LL GET READY FOR SATURDAY AND TRY TO GET HIS FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY IN THE PROCESS. FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS. I’M DOMINIQUE YATES, WLKY SPORTS. THANKS TO MCPEEK AND HERNANDEZ WILL TEAM UP IN THE DERBY AS WELL. THORPEDO ANNA PAID 10.98 TO WIN 606 TO PLACE IN 436 TO SHOW SHE’S NAMED AFTER A SACRED HEART SWIMMER. THE 13, JUST FYI, WAS SECOND PAID 506 AND 398, AND THE FOUR REGULATORY RISK SHOWED AND PAID $11.82. THE EXACTA PAID $38.20. AS WE ALL KNOW, AND A 50 CENT
Kentucky Oaks 150 winner Thorpedo Anna retiring from racing
Updated: 1:43 PM EDT Oct 15, 2025
The horse who won last year’s Kentucky Oaks race is done with racing.Watch coverage of her big Derby win in the player above.Trainer Kenny McPeek announced Thorpedo Anna, a 4-year-old mare, will be retiring.He shared the news on his social media Wednesday.”For everybody out there that’s worried about her, you can rest at ease. She’s fine,” McPeek said.He said while she has some normal mild bruising and could start training again in 90 days, they decided to end her career and retire her to the Xalapa farm in Lexington, Kentucky.There, she will be a broodmare, or a breeding horse.McPeek said she retires with more than $5.4 million in earnings and 10 Graded Stakes wins.RELATED | Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna named after Sacred Heart swimmer”We’re really proud of her,” McPeek said.She was the favorite to win the Oaks in 2024 and won with a time of 1:50.83. She was jockeyed by Brian Hernandez Jr. Thorpedo Anna was also named Horse of the Year that year.Her most recent race was at Keeneland in Lexington, where she came in fourth place at the Spinster Stakes.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
The horse who won last year’s Kentucky Oaks race is done with racing.
Watch coverage of her big Derby win in the player above.
Trainer Kenny McPeek announced Thorpedo Anna, a 4-year-old mare, will be retiring.
He shared the news on his social media Wednesday.
“For everybody out there that’s worried about her, you can rest at ease. She’s fine,” McPeek said.
He said while she has some normal mild bruising and could start training again in 90 days, they decided to end her career and retire her to the Xalapa farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
There, she will be a broodmare, or a breeding horse.
McPeek said she retires with more than $5.4 million in earnings and 10 Graded Stakes wins.
RELATED | Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna named after Sacred Heart swimmer
“We’re really proud of her,” McPeek said.
She was the favorite to win the Oaks in 2024 and won with a time of 1:50.83. She was jockeyed by Brian Hernandez Jr.
Thorpedo Anna was also named Horse of the Year that year.
Her most recent race was at Keeneland in Lexington, where she came in fourth place at the Spinster Stakes.