[3] "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!"

[4] 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.

After a windy, rain-soaked day at Churchill Downs, the sun came out just shortly before race time.

[1][4] Trained by Nick Zito, Ice Box came from well back in the pack to narrowly beat Paddy O'Prado for second place.

He was pinned on the rail early and did not get adequate running room until it was too late, finishing sixth.

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.

[9] Although Super Saver never won another race,[5] several entries recorded subsequent Grade I wins: Leading progeny of participants in the 2010 Kentucky Derby are as follows: Lookin at Lucky (6th) Super Saver (1st) Sources: American Classic Pedigrees, Equibase, Blood-Horse Stallion Register