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. www.bloodhorse.com
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May 4th, 2010 at 1:47 am
Happy for Calvin Borel again. I knew when Super Saver ran inside of Noble’s Promise, he was the obvious winner and I only paid attention to the horses hitting the tri. If Borel is a god in Churchill Downs, he is ordinary outside of it. I give Super Saver 50/50 to win the Preakness. Watch all this TC hoopla build up and then try to beat him in NY in “The Test of Champions” distance. This is ripe for another TC upset like what happened in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2008.
May 4th, 2010 at 6:32 am
borel can sure ride i believe he could win on a mule
May 4th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Interesting how Borel loses a glove during the race.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:45 am
If the Preakness and Belmont came up sloppy, Super Saver’s chances for a Triple Crown improves. Still undefeated on a wet surface. If both races come up fast, one of the Ky Derby also-rans or new shooters can defeat him in the other two legs.
May 4th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I am not going to put much stock in the final time of 2:04.4/5. If you remember Smarty Jones ran the 2004 Derby in 2:04 on about the same kind of track and look how well Smarty turned out. Not comparing the 2 horses could be a concidence, but i think it was just a really slow track. It didn’t seem sloppy like last year. Seemed tacky to me and that is the reason for the time. IMO
May 4th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Ice Box will be overbet next out because he had a brutal trip and was another “unlucky loser” of the race. People pay attention to that more than the actual winner. The wise-guy pick in Belmont, and although I respect Zito winning it twice now, I don’t trust Lezcano all that much. Don’t single Ice Box in the Belmont just yet.
May 4th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
@Rodney81818 Despite the wet track in this race, the speed fractions were actually very fast…the first 1/4 mile was 22.63 seconds, the first 1/2 mile in 46.00 seconds. These are very fast fractions, so you can’t say this was a “slow track”. My theory is that a wet track actually gives a horse more “spring” , and therefore more speed. When the flat hoof of a horse smacks a wet dirt surface, the water-dirt mixture compresses under the hoof and “springs” a horse forward.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
People who think Ice Box would have won with more ground don’t know racing. Simple. Super Saver was never going to lose that race. It even took until mid of the turn on the gallop for him to catch him, nice try though. Too many “what ifs” people, all that matters is what IS. Stately Victor is my horse but I’m not making excuses.
May 5th, 2010 at 6:36 am
no triple crown. ice box is the best horse!!! he should have won
May 5th, 2010 at 10:52 am
IMO … All these horses are great horses … or else they wouldn’t have earned their spot in this race. Ice Box was amazing for his late ralley, Conveyance and Sidney were blazing fast to set the pace, Lookin’ at Lucky had a horrible trip but still managed 6th and Super Saver is adapting to a new racing style and won!
May 5th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Haha! Borel’s ride is almost completely identical to last year’s ride aboard Mine That Bird, the only difference being the length of victory at the wire. Oh I love this guy!
May 5th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
@siroptimistic I was just giving Super Saver some credit. They are people sayin he isn’t that good of a horse because of the final time and I was just making a point that Smarty Jones ran his derby in about the same time and also the fractions in that race were 1/4 in 22 4/5 and 1/2 in 46 3/5. So the 04 Derby is the best comparable derby to this one but i agree with your point.
May 6th, 2010 at 2:33 am
@dustywhip nonsense. For a mile and a half you want an even paced horse. Closers especially deep closers don’t win the Belmont
May 7th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
I don’t see a triple crown but a great horse none the less. Is it possible for eskendereya to come back for the preakness or belmont? Either way Ice Box was my pick and he really is a spectacular closer. Just not enough to catch super saver on this day
May 7th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
@KingKiaJames Eskendereya was retired today.
May 8th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Ice Box had to be pulled up twice down the stretch to avoid horses in front of him, and still came flying. What if he had clear going down the stretch?
May 8th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Ice Box just got pulled out of the Preakness. Watch him at the Belmont
May 8th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
That is not entirely true in 1998 Victory Gallop closed on Real Quiet. I do agree that the horse needs to have an even pace. Most important the horse needs stamina for a mile and half
May 9th, 2010 at 12:08 am
If Lookin at Lucky wasnt shuffled in the begining of the race he would have won. If Sydney’s Candy did not tire out he could have won. But things happen and I give congrats to Calvin Borel for winning.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Holy mother of god… Ice Box had the best run I’ve ever seen in my life.
May 11th, 2010 at 6:56 am
@LetsGetItStartedNow ice box in the belmont….bad luck in the kentucky look at him turning for home
May 15th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
all these horses are better off bred then run. sad loss today for super saver, great horse my ass.
May 15th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
“Bo-rail ” fails again. Its not that I dislike the horse, I just don’t see what the big “hoopla” is about the jockey.
May 17th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
@gotch09 He’s on a Derby win binge unequalled in the history of the race, that’s all. Borel had nothing to do with Super Saver losing the Preakness. He didn’t have the horse today.
May 18th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
that man placed a $100,000 bet on that horse AND cashes out like a casino could never do. LUCKY ASS MONEY WHORE BASTARD.