Super Saver (horse) explained

Horsename: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
Trainer:Todd A. Pletcher
Record:9: 3-2-1
Earnings:US$ 1,826,432
Race:Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (2009)
American Classic Race Wins:
Kentucky Derby (2010)

Super Saver (foaled March 18, 2007) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse 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.[1] That year, he shuttled to stand stud in Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. In 2017, he shuttled to Argentina.[2] In 2019, Super Saver was acquired by the Turkish Jockey Club to stand stud in Turkey starting 2020.[3]

Notable progeny include:

c = colt, f = filly

FoaledNameSexMajor Wins
2012RunhappycMalibu Stakes, Phoenix Stakes
2012Embellish the LacefAlabama Stakes
2012Super MajestycDogwood Stakes
2012High Dollar WomanfIndiana Oaks
2012I Spent ItcSaratoga Special Stakes
2012Competitive EdgecPat Day Mile Stakes, Hopeful Stakes
2013Inside StraightcOaklawn Handicap
2014Hedge FundcEssex Handicap
2015Super SteedcSouthwest Stakes
2016LetruskafApple Blossom Handicap(twice)
Ogden Phipps Stakes
Personal Ensign Stakes
Spinster Stakes
2018Super NaocDerby Nacional

Racing statistics

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Date
Age
Distance
Race
Gr
Track
Surface
Time
Fin
Margin
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
8/22/0926 ½ fMaiden Special WeightSARDirt1:16.802John VelazquezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
9/11/0921mMaiden Special WeightBELDirt1:38.2017Ramon DominguezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
10/10/0921mChampagne StakesIBELDirt1:35.124John VelazquezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
11/28/0921 mKentucky Jockey Club StakesIICDDirt1:42.8315Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
3/13/1031 mTampa Bay DerbyIIITAMDirt1:44.313Ramon DominguezTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
4/10/10 31 mArkansas DerbyIOPDirt1:49.372Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
5/01/10 31 mKentucky DerbyICDDirt2:04.4512 ½Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
5/15/10 31 mPreakness StakesIPIMDirt1:55.478Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm
8/1/10 31 mHaskell Invitational HandicapIMONDirt1:49.44Calvin BorelTodd A. PletcherWinStar Farm

References

External links

https://www.tjk.org/TR/Yetistiricilik/Static/Page/Aygirlar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lowe. Jeff. Super Saver retired to stand at WinStar in 2011.. Thoroughbred Times. 21 January 2011.
  2. Web site: Nevills . Joe . 2017-04-13 . Super Saver to shuttle to Argentina . 2022-12-04 . www.drf.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2019-11-27 . Derby Winner Super Saver, Daredevil to Turkey . 2022-12-04 . www.bloodhorse.com.