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By Sid Fernando Super Strong, a US-bred son of Super Saver, and Japanese-bred Pink Kamehameha, by the Japanese sire Leontes, are two outsiders on the G1 Kentucky Derby trail, literally and figuratively. They are also examples of the peculiarities of black type. A $127,000 Keeneland September yearling and a $77,000 OBS 2-year-old, Super Strong won … Continue reading Super Strong, Pink Kamehameha, and black type
By Sid Fernando What a weekend it was for the young WinStar sires Super Saver and Pioneerof the Nile, both of whom were represented by first-crop SWs. The latter’s oldest runners are three, and two of them, Midnight Storm and Jojo Warrior, won graded races at Del Mar on August 31. Pioneerof the Nile is … Continue reading Derby horses are Super for WinStar
By Sid Fernando Although more than half the Derby field had been purchased at auction, the winner was a homebred for WinStar Farm. A member of the penultimate crop of Maria’s Mon, Super Saver was produced from the A.P. Indy mare Supercharger, who’d been purchased at auction by WinStar carrying the future Derby winner for … Continue reading Super pedigree in Derby