Kentucky Derby Blog

In his first trip to the track since his victory in the first leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday, WinStar Farm’s homebred Super Saver looked like anything but a tired horse as he jogged an easy mile over the Churchill Downs strip Wednesday morning.

“He came out of it well; I’m actually surprised how well,” said trainer Todd Pletcher, who saddled his first Derby winner in Super Saver. “It’s always tough when you have to run back (in the Preakness) on short rest, but all the signs we’re seeing are very positive.”

Super Saver is scheduled to head to Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes on a flight on May 12, but just who will be alongside the son of Maria’s Mon is to be determined.

What the race replay of 2010 Kentucky Derby!

Order of finish results from the 2010 Kentucky Derby.

1st: Super Saver
2nd: Ice Box
3rd: Paddy O’Prado
4th: Make Music For Me
5th: Noble’s Promise
6th: Lookin at Lucky
7th: Dublin
8th: Stately Victor
9th: Mission Impazible
10th: Devil May Care
11th: American Lion
12th: Jackson Bend
13th: Discreetly Mine
14th: Dean’s Kitten
15th: Conveyance
16th: Homeboykris
17th: Sidney’s Candy
18th: Line of David
19th: Awesome Act
20th: Backtalk

The 2010 Kentucky Derby winner is Super Saver ridden by Calvin Borel. This is first Todd Pletcher’s first winning and Calvin Borel’s 3rd winning of the Kentucky Derby in 4 year span.

Ice Box finished 2nd and Paddy O’Prado finished 3rd.

Superb Saver returned  $18, $8.80 and $6.00.  The winners and payout for 2010 Kentucky Derby.

Exotic payouts:
$1 Daily Double 2-4 $147.40
$1 Exacta 4-2 $76.20
$1 Trifecta 4-2-10 $1,168.70
$1 Superfecta 4-2-10-9 $101,284.60
$1 Pick-3 9-2-4 $2,863.10
$1 Pick-4 10-9-2-4 $36,876.00

The field has been set for the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby this Saturday from Churchill Down’s. The approximate Kentucky Derby post time for the race is of 6:24 pm EST on May 1st and 3.24 pm PST. You can watch it on NBC.

Lookin’ at Lucky was indeed lucky and drew post number 1. The Kentucky Derby betting online is expected to break all previous records. The pool total so far is $23,499,229.54.

Check out the current 2010 Kentucky Derby odds!

Rain pummeled Churchill Downs early Saturday, turning the historic track into a soggy mess for the Kentucky Derby, the latest wild card in a week full of them.

Heavy rains postponed early morning workouts Saturday, but all 20 Kentucky Derby horses were still expected to start. Trainers opted to trot their Derby hopefuls inside their barns instead.

Though the weather is wreaking havoc on the Derby undercard, it’s unlikely any of the top 3-year-olds will be scratched.

Light rainfall is expected throughout the afternoon, a reprieve of sorts after projections earlier in the week suggested the track could get hit with 3-6 inches of rain.

By post time for the first race around 10:30 a.m., the dirt looked something more like peanut butter, only a whole lot messier.

Experience in the muck is hard to find in the field, and trainer Bob Baffert says it’s impossible to tell how the top 3-year-olds will react when the starting gate opens for the 1 1/4-mile test.

The wettest Derby day was May 11, 1918, when 2.31 inches of rain fell, according to National Weather Service records.

The last horse before Mine That Bird to win in the mud was Smarty Jones, who splashed to victory in 2004. His son, Backtalk, is in the field Saturday and he’s 2 for 2 on a wet track.