Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) breezed a half-mile in a sharp :47.80 (13/90) Friday morning at Churchill Downs in advance of her intended appearance in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fleur de Lis Stakes on June 28. The Fleur de Lis is one of a half-dozen stakes on a program that is headed by the $1-million GI Stephen Foster Stakes.
Thorpedo Anna, a troubled seventh in the GI Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes May 2, took to the track around 7:15 a.m. Friday morning and covered her opening quarter-mile in :23.60. She galloped out five-eighths of a mile in a strong 1:00.60 according to Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols.
Also working for the Fleur de Lis was La Troienne runner-up Taxed (Collected), who went four furlongs in :48.20 (21/90) for trainer Randy Morse Friday morning.
Gosger (Nyquist), an excellent second to Journalism (Curlin) in the GI Preakness Stakes May 17, tuned up for an expected appearance in the GI NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes on July 19 with a half-mile drill that was timed in :48.40 (28/90).
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