{"id":464271,"date":"2025-09-30T23:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/464271\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T23:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T23:08:20","slug":"horse-of-the-year-thorpedo-anna-nitrogen-clash-in-spinster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/464271\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Of The Year Thorpedo Anna, Nitrogen Clash In Spinster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hill \u2018n\u2019 Dale Equine Holdings, Magdalena Racing, Mark Edwards, and Judy Hicks\u2019 Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year, headlines a field of five entered Tuesday for Sunday\u2019s 70th running of the $650,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) for fillies and mares.<\/p>\n<p>Among those lined up to face Thorpedo Anna is D.J. Stable\u2019s 3-year-old Nitrogen, winner of the Alabama (G1) Presented by Keeneland Sales, who will be making her first start against older horses.<\/p>\n<p>The Juddmonte Spinster is one of three stakes on Sunday\u2019s 10-race program that starts at 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>In the other two Sunday stakes:<\/p>\n<p>The 35th running of the $400,000 Castle &amp; Key Bourbon (G2) attracted a field of 12 headed by Repole Stable\u2019s Final Score, winner of the With Anticipation (G3) at Saratoga.<\/p>\n<p>The eighth running of the $300,000 Indian Summer (L) Presented by Keeneland Select drew a field of nine headed by Leland Ackerley Racing\u2019s Obliteration, a graded stakes winner on dirt and runner-up in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint Stakes (L) in his grass debut.<\/p>\n<p>The fields for the three Sunday stakes, with trainers, riders, and weights from the rail out, are:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Race 8, 4:44 p.m. &#8212; $300,000 Indian Summer (L) Presented by Keeneland Select, 2-year-olds, 5\u00bd furlongs (turf):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p>Rogue Legend &#8211; Wesley Ward &#8211; Flavien Prat<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Bobrovsky &#8211; Dale Romans &#8211; Junior Alvarado<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Trendsetter &#8211; Ben Colebrook &#8211; Luan Machado<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Uncle Bucky &#8211; Susan Anderson &#8211; Irving Moncada<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Obliteration &#8211; Steve Asmussen &#8211; Jose Ortiz<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Schwarzenegger &#8211; Wesley Ward &#8211; John Velazquez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Zeus\u2019s Echo &#8211; Chris Davis &#8211; Tyler Gaffalione<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Twilight Delight &#8211; Daniel Leitch &#8211; Luis Saez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Azizam &#8211; George Weaver &#8211; Irad Ortiz Jr.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Race 9, 5:16 p.m. &#8212; $650,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1), 3-year-olds and up, fillies and mares, 1 1\/8 miles, \u201cWin and You\u2019re In\u201d race for the $2 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Distaff (G1):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p>Chilled &#8211; Vicki Oliver &#8211; John Velazquez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Scylla &#8211; Bill Mott &#8211; Junior Alvarado<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Nitrogen &#8211; Mark Casse &#8211; Jose Ortiz<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Gin Gin &#8211; Brendan Walsh &#8211; Luis Saez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Thorpedo Anna &#8211; Kenny McPeek &#8211; Flavien Prat<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Race 10, 5:48 p.m. &#8212; $400,000 Castle &amp; Key Bourbon (G2), 2-year-olds, 1 1\/16 miles (turf), \u201cWin and You\u2019re In\u201d race for the $1 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Turf (G1):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p>Turf Star &#8211; Graham Motion &#8211; Tyler Gaffalione<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>J J Grey &#8211; Kenny McPeek &#8211; Emmanuel Esquivel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Repentless &#8211; Kelsey Danner &#8211; Adam Beschizza<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Exonerate &#8211; Brad Cox &#8211; Flavien Prat<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Blinging It Back &#8211; Mark Casse &#8211; Axel Concepcion<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Final Score &#8211; Todd Pletcher &#8211; Irad Ortiz Jr.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Awesome Connection &#8211; Chris Davis &#8211; Jose Ortiz<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Gordon Pass &#8211; Will Walden &#8211; Cristian Torres<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Password &#8211; Rodolphe Brisset &#8211; Luan Machado<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Vintur &#8211; Mark Casse &#8211; Florent Geroux<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Casa Cielo &#8211; Keith Desormeaux &#8211; Francisco Arrieta<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Dr. Agne &#8211; Cherie DeVaux &#8211; Luis Saez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\/news\/breeders-cup\/horse-of-the-year-thorpedo-anna-nitrogen-clash-in-spinster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paulick Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paulick Report<\/a> on Sep 30, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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