Apple Blossom fair odds: Who could upset Thorpedo Anna?

Apple Blossom Time for Champion Thorpedo Anna; Picks Odds

Thorpedo Anna enters Saturday’s $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) carrying not only her stellar reputation as reigning Horse of the Year – along with a hefty $4 million bankroll - but a high weight of 124 pounds as she faces six older fillies and mares in the 1 1/16-mile race at Oaklawn Park.  To be sure, the 4-year-old trained by Kenny McPeek did tote 126 pounds as she eked out a narrow victory over a 44-1 shot in the Cotillion (G1) las…

Which Apple Blossom Challenger Has the Potential to Upset Thorpedo

The Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap Saturday at Oaklawn Park drew a field of seven older females with all eyes on 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, who made short work of her competition when winning the Grade 2 Azeri Stakes last month. Read More...

Apple Blossom fair odds: Who could upset Thorpedo Anna?

It feels weird to give Thorpedo Anna a 62.5% chance of winning the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap on Saturday at Oaklawn knowing she will be an underlay, but so it goes with the horse of the year on a three-race win streak.The key word there is "handicap," as the four or five pounds she gives to her two key rivals does not exactly level the racing surface. But it at least gives the connections of Free Like a Girl and Where's My Ring some hope of…