Last Saturday marked the highly anticipated return of Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year. Nicknamed “The Grizzly,” the filly shined in her 4-year-old debut, winning the Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park by 3 ½ lengths. That performance earned her a fifth consecutive triple-digit Equibase Speed Figure under the familiar guidance of trainer Kenny McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. With the Azeri winner’s share of $240,000, Thorpedo Anna enters the 2025 leading earners among North American racehorses in 15^th place. The daughter of Fast Anna also surpassed $4 million in career earnings.

In the lone qualifying points race for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve held last weekend, Owen Almighty went gate-to-wire to win the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs by 3 ½ lengths over Chancer McPatrick. The Speightstown colt moved up to 13^th in in 2025 earnings following his win in the Tampa Bay Derby, totaling $252,250, good for seventh in the 3-year-old division.

There were no significant changes in the earnings standings among North America-based trainers  last week; however, Brad Cox became the third trainer to surpass $4 million in earnings this year. Cox won at a tremendous 52% clip last week with 11 wins from 21 starts and finished the week 71% in the money totaling $503,625 in earnings. He remains third in the standings behind Saffie Joseph Jr. and Steve Asmussen.

Just Beat the Odds, a 4-year-old gelding by Munnings, earned the highest Equibase Speed Figure of any horse in North America last week, scoring a 117 in an allowance optional claiming race that he won by six lengths Sunday at Aqueduct. This was Just Beat the Odds’ second consecutive win with a triple-digit Equibase Speed Figure.

North American leaders lists for horses, jockeys, trainers and owners are available on equibase.com and you can filter the data to view by a wide variety of categories including age, sex, surface and race type.