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2010 Kentucky Derby

Horse race

Field	Value
surface	Dirt
name	136th Kentucky Derby
image	[[File:2010kyderbylogo.png]]
caption	Official logo for the 2010 Kentucky Derby
horse race	Kentucky Derby
location	Churchill Downs
date	May 1, 2010
winning horse	Super Saver
winning time	2:04.45
starting price	8-1
winning jockey	Calvin Borel
winning trainer	Todd Pletcher
winning owner	WinStar Farm
conditions	Sloppy
attendance	155,804
previous	[2009](2009-kentucky-derby)
next	[2011](2011-kentucky-derby)

The 2010 Kentucky Derby was the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 1, 2010, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time was 6:32 p.m. EDT (10:32 p.m. UTC). The stakes of the race were US$2,185,200.{{cite news |title=11th Race, Churchill Downs, May 1, 2010

Super Saver won the race with Calvin Borel as jockey. Borel became the first jockey to win three Kentucky Derby titles in a four-year span. Ice Box, Paddy O'Prado and Make Music for Me finished second, third and fourth, respectively. Attendance was listed at 155,804, making it the sixth-largest in Derby history. Total betting exceeded US$30 million for the main pool, and US$21 million for the exacta.

Payout

"And they're coming down to the finish, and it is ... Super Saver ... a late run from Ice Box, but it's Super Saver and Calvin Borel, the unflappable Calvin Borel, riding that rail to victory once again in the Kentucky Derby!"

;The 136th Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule

Program
Number	Horse Name
Win
Place
Show

4	Super Saver	$18.00	$8.80	$6.00
2	Ice Box	-	$11.20	$8.00
10	Paddy O'Prado	-	-	$7.40

$2 Exacta: (4–2) paid $152.40
$1 Trifecta: (4–2–10) paid $1,168.70
$1 Superfecta: (4–2–10–9) paid $101,284.60

The field

After early favorite Eskendereya was withdrawn due to a swollen leg the week prior to the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the field was left with no clear favorite. Lookin At Lucky was the race-time favorite based on his strong form at age two (Del Mar Futurity, Norfolk Stakes and CashCall Futurity), but only at odds of 6–1 against victory. Those odds tied the highest odds for a favorite in the history of the Derby. Super Saver, who had won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at two and finished second in the Arkansas Derby, went off at odds of 8–1.

Results

In what was considered "the most wide-open Derby in years", Super Saver hit the lead at the top of the stretch and held on to win the 136th Kentucky Derby. Jockey Calvin Borel captured his third Derby win in the last four years, while trainer Todd Pletcher picked up his first Derby victory in 25 tries.

The track was wet and sloppy due to rain the previous night and nearly all day on Derby Day. After a windy, rain-soaked day at Churchill Downs, the sun came out just shortly before race time. The winning time was 2:04.45, and the margin of victory was listed as lengths. Trained by Nick Zito, Ice Box came from well back in the pack to narrowly beat Paddy O'Prado for second place.

Super Saver started the day as the second favorite behind Lookin At Lucky. Coming out of the No. 4 gate, Borel immediately broke towards the inside rail, a strategy he often employs. He then pulled the horse back, rounding the final turn in fourth place, and charged to victory along the rail, holding off the impressive late charge from Ice Box on the sloppy track. It was the horse's first victory since winning the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes as a two-year-old. Pre-race favorite Lookin At Lucky was hampered by drawing the No. 1 post. He was pinned on the rail early and did not get adequate running room until it was too late, finishing sixth.

Finish	Post	Horse name	Trainer	Jockey	Morning
odds	Final odds
to $1	Earnings
1	4	Super Saver	Todd Pletcher	Calvin Borel	15	8	$1,425,200
2	2	Ice Box	Nick Zito	Jose Lezcano	10	11.7	$400,000
3	10	Paddy O'Prado	Dale Romans	Kent Desormeaux	20	12.3	$200,000
4	9	Make Music for Me	Alexis Barba	Joel Rosario	50	30	$100,000
5	3	Noble's Promise	Kenny McPeek	Willie Martinez	12	24.9	$60,000
6	1	Lookin at Lucky	Bob Baffert	Garrett Gomez	3	6.3
7	17	Dublin	D. Wayne Lukas	Terry J. Thompson	12	20
8	6	Stately Victor	Michael Maker	Alan Garcia	30	20.2
9	14	Mission Impazible	Todd Pletcher	Rajiv Maragh	20	16.7
10	11	Devil May Care	Todd Pletcher	John Velazquez	10	10.9
11	7	American Lion	Eoin Harty	David Flores	30	23.2
12	13	Jackson Bend	Nick Zito	Mike E. Smith	15	23
13	15	Discreetly Mine	Todd Pletcher	Javier Castellano	30	31.6
14	8	Dean's Kitten	Michael Maker	Robby Albarado	50	25.7
15	12	Conveyance	Bob Baffert	Martin Garcia	12	27
16	19	Homeboykris	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	Ramon Dominguez	50	27
17	20	Sidney's Candy	John W. Sadler	Joe Talamo	5	9.5
18	5	Line of David	John W. Sadler	Rafael Bejarano	30	19.9
19	16	Awesome Act	Jeremy Noseda	Julien Leparoux	10	11.6
20	18	Backtalk	Thomas M. Amoss	Miguel Mena	50	23.1

Margins – lengths, neck
Time – 2:04:45
Track – Sloppy

Exotic wager

Brian Palmer used the "successful $1 bet on the superfecta" in the 2010 Kentucky Derby that "paid a whopping $101,284.60" as an example of the controversial high-risk, high-payout exotic bets that were observed by track-watchers since the 1970s. Palmer compared these horse racing bets to the controversial emerging exotic financial instruments that concerned then-chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker in 1980. He argued that just as the exotic wagers survived the media controversy so will the exotic options.

Subsequent Grade I wins

Although Super Saver never won another race, several entries recorded subsequent Grade I wins:

Devil May Care – Mother Goose, Coaching Club American Oaks
Discretely Mine – King's Bishop Stakes
Jackson Bend – 2011 Forego Stakes, 2012 Carter Handicap
Lookin at Lucky – Preakness, Haskell Invitational
Paddy O'Prado – Secretariat Stakes

Subsequent breeding careers

Leading progeny of participants in the 2010 Kentucky Derby are as follows: Lookin at Lucky (6th)

Country House – 2019 Kentucky Derby
Accelerate – 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic, Santa Anita Handicap, Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Pacific Classic, Awesome Again Stakes
Wow Cat – Beldame Stakes, Chilean St Leger

Super Saver (1st)

Runhappy – Breeders' Cup Sprint, King's Bishop Stakes, Malibu Stakes
Competitive Edge – Hopeful Stakes

Sources: American Classic Pedigrees, Equibase, Blood-Horse Stallion Register

References

(May 1, 2010). "Kentucky Derby 2010 Live Odds". KentuckyDerby.com.
Privman, Jay. (2010-04-29). "Lookin At Lucky draws the rail". ESPN.
Harris, Beth. (May 1, 2010). "Super Saver wins Kentucky Derby with Borel aboard".
Tom Luicci. (May 1, 2010). "Kentucky Derby Notebook: Lookin At Lucky, Ice Box run into trouble". NJ.com.
(May 1, 2010). "Super Derby for Pletcher, Borel". KentuckyDerby.com.
Jeffrey McMurray. (May 1, 2010). "Nothing lucky about Derby favorite Lookin At Lucky".
Palmer, Brian. (14 July 2010). "Why Do We Call Financial Instruments "Exotic"? Because some of them are from Japan". Slate.
"Super Saver profile".
"Devil May Care profile".
"Lookin at Lucky".

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