LOUISVILLE, Ky. - From his seat aboard Dean's Kitten in the back of the pack in Saturday's Kentucky Derby at sloppy Churchill Downs, jockey Robby Albarado said he made a point to find where Calvin Borel was in the race aboard Super Saver.
Seeing Borel in fifth position along the inside and moving fluidly aboard Super Saver, Albarado had a sense the race was over at the half-mile pole.
"I said he's going to get to the fence," Albarado said. "He's going to win."
Again.
The following is the complete order of finish of Saturday's Kentucky Derby with margins.
1. Super Saver (2 1/2 lengths)
2. Ice Box (neck)
3. Paddy O' Prado (2)
4. Make Music for Me (1 1/4)
5. Noble's Promise (1)
6. Lookin at Lucky (1/2)
7. Dublin (1 1/4)
8. Stately Victor (2)
9. Mission Impazible (1 1/4)
10. Devil May Care (6 3/4)
11. American Lion (neck)
12. Jackson Bend (6 1/2)
13. Discreetly Mine (3 1/4)
14. Dean's Kitten (14 1/2)
15. Conveyance (10 1/2)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The week had been emotionally draining for both trainer Todd Pletcher and the WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt. Both had multiple entries for the 136th on Saturday at Churchill Downs, but went to battle with less ammunition than they first envisioned.
For Pletcher, he had to withdraw the race's acknowledged favorite, Eskendereya, last weekend because of swelling in the colt's left front leg. Pletcher still had four runners, but not the one he thought he needed most.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Medaglia d'Amour has gone from a maiden winner to a graded stakes winner in three months this year.
Making her stakes debut in Saturday's at Hollywood Park, Medaglia d'Amour had an ideal trip under jockey Alonzo Quinonez in a performance that bettors predicted. Medaglia d'Amour was the 3-1 second choice despite being listed at 15-1 on the morning line.
Taking full advantage of a paceless field, Dynaslew controlled slow fractions from the get-go under Eibar Coa and sprinted home to win Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 at Belmont Park.
Making her graded stakes debut, and second start for trainer Seth Benzel after an allowance win at Gulfstream Park to start her 4-year-old campaign, Dynaslew broke alertly from post 6 and moved inside through an easy first quarter in 25.87 seconds.
The Fortune 6 at Beulah Park, which attracted a pool of more than $1 million, paid $3,750.40 for each of the 262 winning 25-cent tickets on Saturday. With a mandatory payout on the last day of the meet, the Fortune 6 attracted $704,000 in bets on Saturday on top of a $445,000 carryover.
Normally, the Fortune 6 jackpot is paid out only when there is a single winner. But because the sale of the track to Penn National Gaming is pending, management decided to have a mandatory payout on closing day.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Jockey Chantal Sutherland won her third consecutive Woodbine stakes on Saturday aboard favored Resentless in the 55th running of the $151,200 Fury.
Resentless ($4.40) broke a bit slowly and then set fractions of 22.83 seconds and 45.24 in the seven-furlong sprint for Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies. She drew away from a stalking Jenny's So Great early in the stretch, before coasting home on top by five lengths in a quick final time of 1:21.66. Roan Inish closed inside to edge out Oil Painting by a neck for second in the eight-horse field.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A year ago General Quarters and owner-trainer Tom McCarthy were among the favorite stories leading up the 2009 Kentucky Derby, with McCarthy becoming a media darling, as a former principal and schoolteacher from the Louisville area. Ultimately, there was little continuation of the story, with General Quarters running 10th in the Derby, followed by a ninth-place finish in the Preakness.
A year later on the 2010 Kentucky Derby undercard on Saturday, General Quarters regained the headlines for McCarthy, gamely winning the in the race preceding the Derby.
Bank the Eight outdueled Regal Warrior in the stretch to win Saturday's $70,000 Federico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico by a nose.
The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds is a local prep for the Preakness Stakes in two weeks, but neither Bank the Eight nor Regal Warrior is nominated to the Triple Crown, so it would cost their connections $100,000 to add them as a late supplement.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer John Sadler's instructions to jockey Joel Rosario before the ? Go wide, young man.
Mona de Momma broke from the outside gate in a nine-horse field Saturday - and Rosario made the most of it. The sloppy Churchill Downs racetrack killed inside speed on most of Saturday's card, playing to outside closers like Mona de Momma. The Southern California shipper, making her first dirt start, rallied wide and edged another outside closer, Pretty Prolific, to win the second stakes of her career and her first Grade 1 race.
