“I believe we have a superstar on our hands,” said jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. He was aboard Thorpedo Anna as the filly who was purchased by trainer and co-owner Kenny McPeek for only $40,000 won her fifth race in six starts June 7 by dominating her opponents in the Acorn Stakes. Her Acorn win followed a rout in the Longines Kentucky Oaks, and self-described “modest trainer” McPeek said that Thorpedo Anna could be seen back at Saratoga this summer and might even race against the boys down the road.
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