2010 Kentucky Derby - Super Saver + Post Race

Super Saver, with Calvin Borel up, took the lead in the stretch while coming up along the rail to win the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). WinStar Farms homebred son of Marias Mon gave trainer Todd Pletcher his first Derby win.

Borel victory makes him the first jockey to win the Derby three times in a four-year span. The Churchill Downs-based rider was aboard Street Sense in 2007 and Mine That Bird last year.

Super Saver covered the 11/4 miles of the Derby over a sloppy track in 2:04.45. Ice Box rallied to finish second. Paddy OPrado was third.

Conveyance went to the lead and set a blistering pace over the wet going. He flashed under the wire the first time in front and was followed by Sidneys Candy, Line of David, Discreetly Mine, and Mission Impazible. The opening quarter was run in :22.63 and the opening half was a brisk :46.16.

I had him where I wanted, Borel said after the race. I got him off the pace and he relaxed real good. I learned a lot the last time I rode him (in the Arkansas Derby). The first time I rode him, I won on the lead, but in the last race, I took him back and learned a lot about him.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/56810/super-saver-wins-the-derby

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[SAMMYJS991]

that man placed a $100,000 bet on that horse AND cashes out like a casino could never do. LUCKY ASS MONEY WHORE BASTARD.

[Katt30]

RIP Devil May Care, who died of cancer.

[passsword95]

@Mewlie I agree he does go a little overboard on the whip but in a Kentucky derby the whip is all you got if it was a normal race I would make a stewards inquire

[DemonChinChilla355]

nice try icebox :(

[snapoutofit11]

theres no way im taking calvin off the ticket this year or any other year at the derby

[gunloc26]

I wonder if that Fullerton guy is broke yet?

[BigBrown2332]

@Mewlie And you've been in the game for 35 years have you?

[italianbro1234]

Are u stupid its not the belmont stakes its the kentucky derby and its 1-1/4 miles, plus he barely hit supersaver, he hit rachel alexandra more and shes a filly

[queenluciaa]

@Mewlie

Well Smartass, this is a 10 furlong race, not a 12 furlong. That is a specifically designed whip to make a sharp sound instead of a hit. So generally Super Saver didn't getr affected by anything at all besides the sound.

[Mewlie]

No offense to all you race-lovers out there, but seriously? That jockey could have honestly laid off on the stick. That horse is running its heart out: hitting it over and over again isn't going to necessarily make it go faster after a mile and a half.