Thordedo Anna prevails in dramatic G1 Personal Flag

Thordedo Anna (Binnen) fights Dorth Father to the thread in the personal flag (Chelsea Durand)

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Saratoga Springs, NY – Trainer Ken McPeek trusted trust in the field of Saturday, $ 500,000 personal flag that his reigning horse of the year Thordedo Anna Would claim the victory in the Nine-Furlong test for older mares and mares. While the margin was a desperate nose, at the nickname the “Grizzly Bear” was nicknamed the winning end of a dramatic stretch game with degree 1 winner Dorth Vader for a raw Saratoga racing course.

In victory, the 4-year-old daughter of Fast Anna was awarded a “Win ​​​​and You’re In” berth into the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, a race she won last November to cap her tremendous sophomore season that featured a Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks coup and two Grade 1 scores at the Spa in the DK Horse Acorn and coaching club American Oaks Ahead of a Head Second to Fierceness in the Grade 1 Drafting Travers and Another Top-Level Victory in Parx Racing’s Cotillion.

McPeek was quickly honor to give the George Weaver-educated Dorth Father for her admirable effort.

“George did a great job that Merrieveeulen was super and seems to improve,” said McPeek. “She is a tough customer.”

The personal flag was the fourth victory of Thordedo Anna van Vijf Starts this year, and came up with a stalking trip designed by regular pilot Brian Hernandez, Jr., who kept the dark bay in third place through the early stages after breaking the outer post 7 randomized randomized navinar’s navinator Start under pressure in 23.24 seconds.

A sleek group followed the top couple with Thordedo Anna Racing to the outside of the last class 2 Shuvee winner Leslie’s Rose just before Dorth Vader and a considerable gap back to beautiful movement and the late-running rose sea on the way to the rear stretch. Hernandez, Jr. Held the PaceTetters in his grip when half the miles passed in 47.11 and Thordedo Anna made it contrary to make it three over the job that was approaching.

McPeek said he felt comfortable because Thordedo Anna was wide past the rear.

“I think he should stay out of trouble,” McPeek explained. “I gave him [Hernandez, Jr.] Instructions: “Do not worry about the loss of the ground, you will lose a small soil, but I prefer that you do that than getting her behind horses and giving her the chance to be stopped and blocked.” ‘

Bernietakes Charge threw in the towel and randomized came under a ride when Thordedo Anna with ease came to the lead, leaving the shits behind to give racing through three -quarters in 1: 11.27 with Dorth Father the most important danger on the outside and Leslie’s rose crawls closely.

Thordedo Anna gave half a length ahead of grade 1 Odgen Phipps presented by Ford winner Dorth Vader at the Stretch Call, but her margin was threatened with every step while the Weaver-Stagee did everything in her power to give the champion through a mile in 1: 36.42. In a spectacular stretch drive, Thordedo Anna has made a big power to give herself a nose better than her game -seconder, and completed the track in 1: 49.18 over the fast foot.

Hernandez, Jr., on board for each of the 15 starts of Thordedo Anna, said that Saturday’s result proves that Thordedo Anna is still one of the best horses in North -America.

“I don’t know if she was completely out of it, but it’s just the fact that in this class 1 races these horses keep shots and you have to respect them all and today the other version of them,” said Hernandez, Jr. “You know, our mandriffen is Horse of the Year, and she showed why she should be earning.

“She placed herself in a great place. She showed what a real champion she was,” continued Hernandez, Jr. “You know, the only thing I had to do was stay a bit out of the way. She decided to let her run. I just let her do her thing. She showed the heart of a champion through the job to keep Dorth Father out and get her nose to the thread. A really special victory.”

It was another 9 3/4 lengths back to Leslie’s Rose in third place with last year’s carnal winner who completed the Superfecta. Dazzling Move, Randomized and Bernietakes Charge completed the order of finish.

McPeek praised his rated marefeulen for her grit, also tipped his cap to Dorth Vader, who on July 19 in Monmouth Park celebrated a tempo pressure in the grade 3 Molly Pitcher.

“She just shows how brave she is,” said McPeek. “I thought the marefreen of George Weaver ran fantastic, she really ran the race of her life, but my marey, perhaps, Brian seemed to think that she was also pretty tired of the race. I think that she would actually lead her in the next in even better form. That was not as easy as we want, but she is a champion.”

Weaver was just free for the double champion and said he welcomed a rematch in the degree 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff this year on November 1 in Del Mar.

“I actually thought she got her nose down and won,” Weaver said about Dorth Father. “When they threw the photo up and I looked at the repetition, I thought,” Oh no, we were cast. ” It was a great race.

Thordedo Anna has raced and won on six different racing tracks, and could visit a new next one, because McPeek said that the grade 3 Delaware Handicap is a potential target on 28 September. Another possible place is the degree 1 spinster on October 5 in Keeneland, the song she broke her girl on debut in October 2023.

“I am going to cross crossover to the spinster and the Delaware Handicap,” said McPeek. “There is a chance that we can go to Delaware with her, we will talk about it and there is a chance that we can go to Keeneland.”

Campaigns by Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Magdalena Racing, Mark Edwards and Fokker Judy Hicks, Thordedo Anna adds earlier this year to victories in class 2 Azeri and Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap in Oaklawn Park, and went up in the Graad in the Graad in the win in a victory in the win in the win in the win in the win in the win in the win in the win in the victory in the win in.. She won $ 275,000 in victory while she improves her Lifetime record to 15-12-2-0 and $ 3.50 returned to a $ 2 win ticket.

From the non-lined uncle M Mare Sataves, Thordedo Anna is a half-sister for several Graded Stakes-Placed McAfee, a son of Cloud Computing that runs in the degree 1 Conceptkings Travers for trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr. Later on Saturday card.

Live racing resumes on Sunday on Saratoga with a 10-race card with the $ 150,000 West Point presented by Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Race 8. First post is 13:10 Eastn.