What was a nightmare for Jennifer Alen turned into “a dream come true” for first time May 24 Derby women's winner Deon Breary.With only a mile remaining, disaster struck for leader Alen whose Derby ambitions were left in tatters when she collapsed to the ground in Church Street due to fatigue.The 27-year-old was stretchered off the course and taken to hospital, paving the way for Breary to regain the lead and romp home for her first Derby triumph yesterday at the ‘ripe old age' of 41.Her time of one hour, 30 minutes and 32 seconds could have been quicker still had the lithe and toned bodybuilder who has shed some 90 pounds in recent years not been inclined to perform a victory jig, complete with celebratory war cry, before crossing the finish line.“This is an absolute dream come true, it's unbelievable I've always wanted to be the number one,” said Breary, who works for Phoenix Stores.“I came here to win today, I believed I could win. I was closing in on Jennifer when she collapsed and I took advantage of the situation.”Breary credited promising youngster Sean Trott for masterminding her “special victory” by drawing up her training programme.“Sean Trott did a plan for me so I have to thank him a lot, he's like a son to me,” she said. “He did a great job and I just had to stay disciplined and focused this is a special feeling.”While it was a Derby day to remember for Breary, it was a one to forget for Victoria Fiddick.In the absence of last year's winner Ashley Estwanik, who was unable to compete as she's pregnant, Fiddick had been widely tipped for victory.But instead of adding to the title she won in 2009, the veteran Swede had to settle for second place after posting a surprisingly slow time of 1:31.42.She could hardly hide her disappointment and was at a loss to explain her poor performance, considering she had ran one of her fastest half-marathons in New York just a few months earlier.“My biggest fear was not running my best and getting beat, and that's happened,” said the 45-year-old. “By mile three I wasn't feeling good at all and I was dropping my time down to slower than my normal pace.“Two months ago I was running seven minute, 20 second miles, today I was at seven minutes, 30 seconds, so for me I'm disappointed. I'm capable of running a faster time but it means nothing if you don't produce on the day. I ran one hour, 27 minutes last year and this year for me to run a one hour, 32 minutes is bad.”Fiddick paid tribute to surprise victor Breary but confessed she would have loved to seen Alen claim her first Derby title.“Hats off to Deon, she ran a good race, but for me I had my worse time and I didn't feel good out there at all,” said Fiddick.“I feel sorry for Jennifer who stopped, I wish she could have hung on for a little bit longer. I don't know if it was the humidity or whatever but I felt a few times like pulling out.“You can talk all you want about what happened, but on the day is what matters, and Deon won the race. She ran a great race, she has been training hard and congratulations to her.”Powering her way to a podium finish was triathlete Karen Smith, who finished third in 1.31.55.Although, she admitted seeing Alen being loaded onto a stretcher brought back her own painful memories of collapsing during a Derby race because of dehydration.“I passed Jenny, she was on a stretcher on Church Street/Court Street, so I figured she must have had a pretty good lead if they (paramedics) had already gotten to her,” said the 41 year-old.“I've been there, on a stretcher on May 24, and it kind of brings back some of those haunting memories. You ask yourself ‘are my fluids in check, is my body ok'. It does bring back some of those haunting memories of collapsing, but I knew I had about a mile to go and I said ‘just be cautious but be strong'.She added: “The last half of the race I felt fantastic, especially the last three or four miles. I just started picking people off on Front Street, which was really fun.”