Super Saver (foaled March 18, 2007) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and breeding stallion who won 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 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, by finishing a 1 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 but finished eighth.
He then had another poor showing in the Haskell Invitational, and underwent a full veterinary exam, which showed that the colt had bruising and inflammation in all four of his cannon bones.
Stud career Super Saver was retired from racing in October, 2010 and began his stud career at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky for the 2011 breeding season. That year, he shuttled to stand stud in Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. In 2017, he shuttled to Argentina. In 2019, Super Saver was acquired by the Turkish Jockey Club to stand stud in Turkey starting 2020.
Notable progeny include:
c = colt, f = filly
Foaled Name Sex Major Wins 2012 Runhappy c Malibu Stakes, Phoenix Stakes, Breeders Cup Sprint 2012 Embellish the Lace f Alabama Stakes 2012 Super Majesty c Dogwood Stakes 2012 High Dollar Woman f Indiana Oaks 2012 I Spent It c Saratoga Special Stakes 2012 Competitive Edge c Pat Day Mile Stakes, Hopeful Stakes 2013 Inside Straight c Oaklawn Handicap 2014 Hedge Fund c Essex Handicap 2015 Super Steed c Southwest Stakes 2016 Letruska f Apple Blossom Handicap(twice)Ogden Phipps StakesPersonal Ensign StakesSpinster Stakes 2018 Super Nao c Derby Nacional
Racing statistics Date Age Distance Race Gr Track Surface Time Fin Margin Jockey Trainer Owner8/22/0926 ½ fMaiden Special WeightSARDirt1:16.802John VelazquezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm9/11/0921mMaiden Special WeightBELDirt1:38.2017Ramon DominguezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm10/10/0921mChampagne StakesIBELDirt1:35.124John VelazquezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm11/28/0921 mKentucky Jockey Club StakesIICDDirt1:42.8315Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm3/13/1031 mTampa Bay DerbyIIITAMDirt1:44.313Ramon DominguezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm4/10/10 31 mArkansas DerbyIOPDirt1:49.372Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm5/01/10 31 mKentucky DerbyICDDirt2:04.4512 ½Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm5/15/10 31 mPreakness StakesIPIMDirt1:55.478Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm8/1/10 31 mHaskell Invitational HandicapIMONDirt1:49.44Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
Pedigree
References
External links Super Saver's pedigree and partial racing stats
Super Saver's Derby win featured inside and on the cover of Stride Magazine
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