Maximum Security
Maximum Security still has his doubters, though. They want to see more. They see a horse who skipped the final two legs of the Triple Crown. Some likened his connections decision to skip the Preakness as sour grapes after the Kentucky Derby disqualification. After his Haskell Invitational (G1) win, those people wanted to see him run in the Travers Stakes (G1). Trainer Jason Servis and company took it easy on their horse, skipping straight to the Pennsylvania Derby (G1). The colic scare dashed hopes of running both there and the Breeders' Cup.
On one side you have his ardent supporters who believe that Maximum Security was robbed of Kentucky Derby glory via his disqualification. They see a rags to riches story -- his rise from $16,000 maiden claimer to the best in his age group. They remember his remarkable comeback win in the Bold Ruler (G3) after a colic scare that landed him in an equine clinic just weeks before. When the dust settled on 2019, the facts were this: Maximum Security still had finished behind only one horse in his nine race career and was crowned 3-year-old male champion.
On one side you have his ardent supporters who believe that Maximum Security was robbed of Kentucky Derby glory via his disqualification. They see a rags to riches story -- his rise from $16,000 maiden claimer to the best in his age group. They remember his remarkable comeback win in the Bold Ruler (G3) after a colic scare that landed him in an equine clinic just weeks before. When the dust settled on 2019, the facts were this: Maximum Security still had finished behind only one horse in his nine race career and was crowned 3-year-old male champion.