Super Saver

Racing fans will likely recall Super Saver’s rail-skimming trip under Calvin Borel to capture the 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1). With his first runners now emerging it appears they also like to ride the rail to victory. At least this can be said of I Spent It, courageous winner of Sunday’s Saratoga Special (G2).

Under a patient ride by Javier Castellano, I Spent It rated in hand behind a wicked early pace in the Special. Castellano decided to stay to the inside, a risky move behind tiring juveniles, but it paid off. I Spent It responded when asked and shot up the rail to score by nearly three lengths over the more seasoned colt Mr. Z.

I Spent It one of several promising runners so far by WinStar Farm’s Super Saver. In fact his first stakes winner emerged eight days earlier when Hashtag Bourbon captured the Mountaineer Juvenile on the August 2 West Virginia Derby card. Super Saver may also have the favorites for the upcoming two-year-old Grade 1’s at Saratoga, the Hopeful Stakes ($750,000 juvenile purchase Competitive Edge) and Spinaway Stakes ($675,0000 juvenile purchase High Dollar Woman).

Like Competitive Edge and High Dollar Woman, I Spent It comes with a high price tag. He was purchased earlier this year for $600,000 at the Fasig-Tipton February sale. He’s out of the mare Rateeba who is by Sky Mesa, winner of the 2002 Hopeful Stakes (G1). Interestingly, Rateeba was exported to the Philippines and bloodstock agents have no doubt been scrambling to bring her back home. She’s a sister to a pair of stakes runners and to the dam of the precocious Zavata, a multiple graded-winning/Grade 1-placed juvenile. A little further back in this pedigree we find the good juvenile (and multiple Grade 1-winning three-year-old) Dixie Union.

The courage and professionalism I Spent It showed in the Saratoga Special certainly bodes well for his future, at least for the rest of the MyFantasyStable.com Fall Champions Challenge season. We hope he sticks around until next year’s Spring Classics Challenge too.

-originally posted on http://www.myfantasystable.com