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Originally Posted by metro
I never was a die-hard Maximum Security fan and like most others, always felt he was juiced to some degree. With that said, with or without PEDs, Cox would have let his jockey ride the horse in a manner that would give it it's best chance to win. All Baffert did was modify him to more of a stalker than a true front runner. Obviously a tough spot for Bob when he's got two similar running style types with Grade I route ability. Who goes? Who stalks? Maybe it's some kind of mutual agreement with the owners and it will be Max's turn to be the speed of the speed in the Pegasus at GP.
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I hear you.
His job in the Classic was to keep Tiz the Law from attending the pace, and pin him on the rail a bit. He did his job well. Then at the end he had an opportunity to try to find some amazing late turn of foot, but couldn't find it, at no real knock to him.
Baffert had a pair of Aces.
Authentic projected to be a loose leader.
He also had the best horse, Improbable.
So, with Max, he said "try to help the cause, and then run big if possible!"
Maybe Maximum Security could have run his own race and dueled with Authentic for another barn (such as Cox), and Tiz the Law would have had some chance to participate, and a horse like Improbable would have won instead. Tough to know. The medications and stuff didn't really change for the horse, even though the narrative is that Maximum Security had to overcome the adversity of stopping the meds.
