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<\/p>\nKentucky Oaks 150 winner Thorpedo Anna retiring from racing<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tW-L-K-Y\u2019S 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\u2019M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE BOUGHT HER AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS THAT WE\u2019VE 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\u2019S GOING TO TAKE TO COME UP WITH A HORSE THAT CAN WIN RACES LIKE THESE. AND IT\u2019S COME TOGETHER TODAY AND YOU CAN\u2019T TAKE ANY OF IT FOR. GRANTED, AND YOU JUST KEEP AT IT. THAT\u2019S THE SPECIAL THING. YOU KNOW, KENNY KENNY\u2019S HAD QUITE A FEW SECONDS WITH SOME REALLY NICE FILLIES, SO TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY WIN HIS VERY FIRST KENTUCKY OAKS FORM, IT\u2019S A IT\u2019S A SPECIAL MOMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HE\u2019S REALLY HE\u2019S 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\u2019S IT\u2019S EXTRA SPECIAL. I FELT REALLY CONFIDENT EVEN FIRST HALF MILE. BUT SHE\u2019S JUST FAST. AND, YOU KNOW, JUDY\u2019S BRED A BEAUTIFUL FILLY HERE. AND YOU KNOW SHE\u2019S GOT GEAR ON TOP OF GEAR AND I\u2019M JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HER FUTURE. EVEN BEYOND TODAY. YOU SAW IT DIDN\u2019T YOU? FOR THOSE THAT DON\u2019T KNOW, I HAD BEEN QUOTED UP REPEATEDLY ALL WEEK. THEY BETTER BRING A BEAR BECAUSE I\u2019VE GOT A GRIZZLY. AS FAR AS WHAT\u2019S NEXT FOR THIS FILLY, MCPEEK SAID HE DID THINK ABOUT THE PREAKNESS, BUT HE\u2019LL WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT. BUT FOR NOW, HE\u2019LL GET READY FOR SATURDAY AND TRY TO GET HIS FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY IN THE PROCESS. FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS. I\u2019M 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\u2019S 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Kentucky Oaks 150 winner Thorpedo Anna retiring from racing<\/p>\n
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\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 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.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tLOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The horse who won last year’s Kentucky Oaks race is done with racing.<\/p>\n Watch coverage of her big Derby win in the player above.<\/p>\n