Thorpedo Anna is the horse to beat in Grade 1 Cotillion
Already the likely champion 3-year-old filly of 2024, Thorpedo Anna returns to the ranks of the distaff set when she headlines Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion at Parx.
Trained by Kenny McPeek and owned by Brookdale Racing, Mark Edwards, Judy B. Hicks and Sherri McPeek’s Magdalena Racing, Thorpedo Anna was made the 4-5 morning-line favorite for the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion by Parx director of racing and racing secretary David Osojnak. She will be ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr.
“Why would you not make her the favorite?” McPeek said. “All we are going to worry about is getting her down there in good order and going from there. She worked really good (five furlongs in 1:00.2 at Saratoga Saturday). She just needed to get a little wind out of it. She came bounding out of it. It’s all good. She is eating to the bottom of her tub. She came out of the Travers super, no worse for wear. Steady as she goes, solid as ever. She likes training, she likes running. We will ship either Thursday or Friday (from Saratoga).”
Thorpedo Anna is coming off a second-place finish in the Travers (G1) at Saratoga, her first try against males. She lost a thrilling stretch drive with 2023 champion 2-year-old male Fierceness by a head.
The daughter of Fast Anna has won her other four starts this year by a combined 18 3/4 lengths. Three of those races were at the Grade 1 level: the Kentucky Oaks, Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks. Thorpedo Anna starts from post six in the field of eight.
Among the top challengers in the Cotillion are Power Squeeze, who has won five of seven starts, including the Alabama (G1) at Saratoga for trainer Jorge Delgado, Tarifa, winner of a pair of Grade 2 races this year (Fair Grounds Oaks and Rachel Alexandra Stakes) for trainer Brad Cox and the Bill Mott-trained Sidamara, who was second in the Delaware Oaks (G3), beaten a nose by Power Squeeze, in her last start.
“Our filly is doing well, and we are taking on a heavyweight,” Mott said. “We are in the five post and that is probably better to be there rather than being hung outside, I can’t complain about the post. (Thorpedo Anna) is going to have to have an off day to get beat or some bad racing luck. That can happen.”
The Cotillion goes as the 12th of 14 races Saturday with a post time of 5:20 p.m. EDT.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | HRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Power Squeeze Union Rags |
7.41 | 4-1 | |||
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Last Race Next Race |
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| 2 |
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Scalable Speightstown |
6.40 | 10-1 | ||
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| 3 |
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Tarifa Bernardini |
7.16 |
2nd, Audubon Oaks |
5-1 | |
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2nd, Audubon Oaks |
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| 4 |
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Everland Arrogate |
6.48 |
2nd, ELP AOC (08/25/2024-R5) |
20-1 | |
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2nd, ELP AOC (08/25/2024-R5) |
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| 5 |
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Sidamara Arrogate |
6.09 | 6-1 | ||
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| 6 |
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Thorpedo Anna Fast Anna |
7.93 | 4-5 | ||
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| 7 |
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Gun Song Gun Runner |
6.67 |
1st, Cathryn Sophia S. |
10-1 | |
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1st, Cathryn Sophia S. |
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| 8 |
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Mystic Lake Mo Town |
6.80 | 12-1 | ||
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Last Race Next Race |
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