Grandsire Wavering Monarch Country United States Breeder WinStar Farm Parents Maria's Mon Owner WinStar Farm Children Runhappy | Foaled 2007 Colour Bay Record 9: 3-2-1 Trainer Todd Pletcher Damsire A.P. Indy Sex Colt | |
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Super Saver (foaled March 18, 2007) is a retired American Thoroughbred race horse, best known as the winner of the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
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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 1 1⁄16 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.
