If I had to assess Maximum Security I'd say he was better than his harshest critics thought last year, but he was running on "high test". This year under Baffert he probably developed a bit, but he was running clean. That netted out to zero or a very small backward move. That was good enough to beat the best in the West where the older males were weak, but not the best horses in the country.
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