Todd Pletcher affirms belief in Super Saver

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Todd Pletcher affirms belief in Super Saver

Here we go again. It took far less than the two minutes and 4.45 seconds Super Saver spent galloping around Churchill Downs to win the 136th Kentucky Derby before the inevitable question was posed: Is he the one?

Britain may like to believe itself to be the home of tradition but it is our trans-Atlantic cousins who have remained closer to their roots in this instance. The Triple Crown in Britain is now cast out into the distant lands between anachronism and extinction – even allowing for the failed attempt by St Nicholas Abbey to kick-start his Derby bid by winning the 2000 Guineas - but in America the dawning of each Classic season still brings with it the reaffirmation of a hope.

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