When Super Saver trailed in behind Afleet Express in the Grade One Travers Stakes at Saratoga last month many observers felt that it was vindication of the growing belief that the colt could be classed as a one-run wonder.
Super Saver, who was beaten 24 lengths when he finished 10th of 11 in the Travers, had not won since his two-and-a-half-length victory over Ice Box in the Kentucky Derby in May when he ploughed through sloppy track. Since then he has been made to look somewhat ordinary in three subsequent defeats in the Prreakness, Haskelll Invitational and Travers. But his trainer, Todd Pletcher, had not lost faith in his first Kentucky Derby winner and now, it appears, the colt been battling unseen problems.
To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Super-Saver-out-with-leg-injuries-a26669
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