Florida Derby winner Ice Box used a late run to finish second in the field of 20, while Paddy O'Prado finished third.
Borel became the first jockey to win America's most prestigious race three times in a four-year span. The Churchill Downs-based jockey won aboard Mine That Bird last year and was in the saddle in 2007 when Street Sense took the Run for the Roses.
Todd Pletcher, a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award as America's top trainer, won his first Kentucky Derby after 24 consecutive setbacks over the last decade.
Reuters
LOUISVILLE, Kentuky: Super Saver, ridden by Calvin Borel, won the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
Florida Derby winner Ice Box used a late run to finish second in the field of 20, while Paddy O'Prado finished third.
Borel became the first jockey to win America's most prestigious race three times in a four-year span. The Churchill Downs-based jockey won aboard Mine That Bird last year and was in the saddle in 2007 when Street Sense took the Run for the Roses.
Todd Pletcher, a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award as America's top trainer, won his first Kentucky Derby after 24 consecutive setbacks over the last decade.
