Thorpedo Anna will make next start in the La Troienne

‘I wish every trainer could have a horse like her’ – Thorpedo Anna back on the rankings rise in Apple Blossom | Topics: Carl Spackler, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The Championships, Chris Waller, TRC Global Rankings, Randwick, Via Sistina, Oaklawn Park, Ken M

Article by Nicholas Godfrey: Thorpedo Anna, the reigning US Horse of the Year, sneaked up a place in the world rankings with a consummate performance in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park on Saturday [April 12].

Thorpedo Anna will make next start in the La Troienne

After Thorpedo Anna secured a sixth career Grade 1 victory in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap Saturday at Oaklawn, her trainer, Kenny McPeek, is already eyeing a seventh. McPeek said Sunday morning that reigning horse of the year Thorpedo Anna will make her next start in the $1 million La Troienne Stakes (G1) May 2 at Churchill Downs. “We’ve kind of plotted this all along,” McPeek said. “I knew the spacing. He (jockey Brian Hernandez Jr…