LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thorpedo Anna, trained by Kenny McPeek, won the 150th Kentucky Oaks on Friday with a time of 1:50.83.
Just F Y I came in second place and Regulatory Risk came in third.
“I felt confident," Thopedo Anna's jockey, Brian Hernandez Jr., said. "She was out there and feeling comfortable. It means so much to win it for this team. Kenny and his barn have done a lot for my career.”
McPeek called the filly "rapid fast" in an earlier interview with WHAS11 News.
"I mean, she, Uncle Mo on the bottom line of her pedigree and she can turn it over at a moment's notice, and that's what you need," he said.
This wasn't McPeek's first Oaks race either.
“She was a bear today," he said. "She has been training great and when I saw Brian had the race in control I thought she could do it. It’s just so amazing to finally win this race. We’ve been close for a long time but it’s a great feeling to get it done."
McPeek has another horse running in Kentucky Derby 150. Hernandez will ride Mystic Dan in the Run for the Roses.
The track at Churchill Downs was wet and muddy from earlier rain that fell Friday.
The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for 3-year-old Thoroughbred fillies, which are female horses. The race covers 1 1/8 miles of the track at Churchill Downs.
The first race was held in 1875 and founded by Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., along with the Kentucky Derby, Clark Handicap and Falls City Handicap. The Oaks and Derby are the oldest continuously contested sporting events in American history.
About 100,000 people have attended Oaks each year since 2001. Churchill Downs confirmed 107,236 people attended this year's Kentucky Oaks.
This year's purse was a record-high $1.5 million, with $750,000 going to the winning horse. The winner also received a large garland blanket of lilies, which bred the nickname "Lilies for the Fillies."
A silver Kentucky Oaks trophy was also presented to the champion.
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