Super Saver (horse)

Super Saver
Sire Maria's Mon
Grandsire Wavering Monarch
Dam Supercharger
Damsire A.P. Indy
Sex Colt
Foaled 2007
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder WinStar Farm
Owner WinStar Farm
Trainer Todd A. Pletcher
Record 9: 3-2-1
Earnings US$ 1,826,432
Major wins
Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (2009)
American Classic Race Wins:
Kentucky Derby (2010)

Super Saver (foaled March 18, 2007) is a retired American Thoroughbred race horse, best known as the winner of the 2010 Kentucky Derby.

Pedigree

Super Saver's ancestors include damsire A.P. Indy, winner of the 1992 Belmont Stakes, 1957 Preakness Stakes winner Bold Ruler, 1964 Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer, and Triple Crown winners Secretariat (1973) and Seattle Slew (1977). He is also descended from superstud Mr. Prospector, whose descendants have won numerous Triple Crown races. His sire Maria's Mon, was also the sire of 2001 Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos, and his dam Supercharger is a full sister to the dam of Bluegrass Cat.

Racing career

Super Saver holds the stakes record for the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes for two-year-olds at Churchill Downs, finishing a 11⁄16 on a fast main track in 1:42.83, eclipsing the stakes record of 1:43.14 established by Captain Steve in 1999.

Super Saver provided the third Derby win in a four-year period for jockey Calvin Borel, and the first win out of 25 entries for trainer Todd Pletcher. Super Saver went off as 5:2 morning line favorite for the 2010 Preakness Stakes. Super Saver ended up finishing 8th in that race, thus failing to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1978's Affirmed.

After poor efforts following the Kentucky Derby in the Preakness Stakes and Haskell Invitational, Super Saver underwent a full veterinary exam, which showed that the colt had bruising and inflammation in all four of his cannon bones. He was retired from racing in October, 2010 and will begin his stud career at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky for the 2011 breeding season.[1]

Racing statistics

Date
 Age
 Distance
 Race
 Gr
 Track
 Surface
 Time
 Fin
 Margin
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
8/22/09 2 6 ½ f Maiden Special Weight SAR Dirt 1:16.80 2 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
9/11/09 2 1m Maiden Special Weight BEL Dirt 1:38.20 1 7 Ramon Dominguez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
10/10/09 2 1m Champagne Stakes I BEL Dirt 1:35.12 4 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
11/28/09 2 11⁄16 m Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes II CD Dirt 1:42.83 1 5 Calvin Borel Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
3/13/10 3 11⁄16 m Tampa Bay Derby III TAM Dirt 1:44.31 3 Ramon Dominguez Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
4/10/10 3 11⁄8 m Arkansas Derby I OP Dirt 1:49.37 2 Calvin Borel Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
5/01/10 3 11⁄4 m Kentucky Derby I CD Dirt 2:04.45 1 2 ½ Calvin Borel Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
5/15/10 3 13⁄16 m Preakness Stakes I PIM Dirt 1:55.47 8 Calvin Borel Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm
8/1/10 3 11⁄8 m Haskell Invitational Handicap I MON Dirt 1:49.4 4 Calvin Borel Todd A. Pletcher WinStar Farm

Pedigree

Pedigree of Super Saver
Sire
Maria's Mon		 Wavering Monarch Majestic Light Majestic Prince
Irradiate
Uncommitted Buckpasser
Lady Be Good
Carlotta Maria Caro Fortino
Chambord
Water Malone Naskra
Gray Matter
Dam
Supercharger		 A.P. Indy Seattle Slew Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Weekend Surprise Secretariat
Lassie Dear
Get Lucky Mr. Prospector Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Dance Number Northern Dancer
Numbered Account

References

  1. ↑ Lowe, Jeff. "Super Saver retired to stand at WinStar in 2011.". Thoroughbred Times. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

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