I will not miss this race live. Anyone else heading there on September 21st??
Improbable running on the Parx Track at 1-1/8th will be Fantastic! Major match-up between him and Maximum Security. Upgraded to Grade 1. Win and You're In!
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Oh I wish. Take pictures! I would LOVE to see Improbable & Max in the flesh, (have already seen WoW), it'll be a great day at the track. Up to Woodbine Saturday to see the Mile & my favourite, the 1 1/2 turf mile Northern Dancer. Want to get a look at Get Stormy and Awesometank, the fillies in the The Mile, plus Lucullan who's been in my stable for a while, plus Old Persian (!!) in ND, Dubawi, love to check out Dubawis, they're kind of chunky actually. Bellies and swagger on them. I will never understand why people are indifferent about a great day at the track, seeing these gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous beings.
The only thing I don't like about a "great day at the track" is all of the people and getting shut out at the windows. Make me nuts! Plus, sometimes people bring their screaming kids out for a fun day at the track!
Was hoping to meet up with Brian there again this year but he cant make it. I'm definitely going - couldn't miss it.
My peeve are the crazy bathroom & food lines, you can miss 2 races for each, so you're only allowed a swallow from the drinking fountain every hour. Enjoy the running Lisa!
Just saw the posting for the Penn Derby, Mr Money & Spun to Run in there as well. The mile 1/8 should suit. The Cotillion looks amazing! So many favourites in there. Lisa, whack people out of your way & get up there and get a good look at the fillies and report back. Guarana, Bellafina, Street Band and Jaywalk! What a nice day at the track.
Wish you were going with me. I will report as best as I can but you know that I am not up on the fillies.
I cant wait for this PA Derby. I think that Improbable has a huge advantage in this particular race. The way that track plays to his type of breeding - especially at 1-1/8th is perfect for him. Maximum will be pumped as well. As far as the two bottom spots, that will come as soon as I get a live look at them. I will take photos and post.
Wish I were too! Would LOVE to see these. There are always the nicest surprises at the paddock, horses you never even knew about.
Will never forget, a few years ago, the way Tapiture looked in that paddock for the PA Derby. Wow! That day, he actually stood toe to toe with Honor Code in the looks department. (Well, at least just for that day anyway!)
Another filly in the Cottilion that really interests me is She Makes Me Smile, just because she's an Include, by Broad Brush, which I think is getting pretty rare.
What a drag about Max. Relieved that he should be okay, but in my UTTER selfishness, I thought, if he absolutely had to twist a gut, couldn't he have waited until after the Derby? Dam with an n at the end. 😎Oh Lisa, and you were getting a chance to scrutinize him up close, chew your pencil, decide how to bet & then report back.
Maximum Security out of Pa. Derby, unlikely for Breeders' Cup
David GreningSep 17, 2019
Maximum Security will be forced to scratch from Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx and will most likely miss the Breeders’ Cup as well after suffering from a severe case of colic and a displacement of the large colon, trainer Jason Servis said Tuesday.
On Monday afternoon, a few hours after returning to Monmouth Park from Parx, where he had shipped by van for a workout over the main track, Maximum Security was rushed to the Mid-Atlantic Equine Clinic in Ringoes, N.J., where he was diagnosed and treated by Dr. Janik Gasiorowski.
Servis said Maximum Security had “spasmodic colic with left displacement of the large colon,” according to the paperwork he was given by the clinic.
“His colon was being pinched off by his spleen. He wasn’t [producing] any bowel movements," Servis said.
Servis said that Maximum Security had fluid pumped from his stomach.
Servis said when he left his barn at around 11:30 a.m. Monday, Maximum Security seemed full of himself in his stall. Servis said he received a call from his day watchman at around 3:30 p.m. that Maximum Security seemed in distress.
“As soon as I saw him I could tell he was in trouble,” Servis said.
Maximum Security returned to Servis’s Monmouth Park from the clinic shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
“He looks pretty wiped out to me,” Servis said by phone Tuesday afternoon.
Servis does not have a timetable for Maximum Security’s return to training. Owner Gary West told The Paulick Report on Monday that he planned to run Maximum Security as a 4-year-old in 2020.
While not totally ruling it out, Servis indicated that a start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 2 is unlikely as he would not have time to get a proper prep race into Maximum Security. Given Maximum Security’s success at Gulfstream Park -- he went 4 for 4 there last winter including a victory in the Grade 1 Florida Derby -- the $9 million Pegasus on Jan. 25 could become the next major target.
“He won’t train until he’s feeling good [and] you could see some signs of life,” Servis said. “He went through a lot.”
This is another chapter in the saga of Maximum Security, who last December began his career winning a $16,000 claiming race and would win his next four starts including the Florida Derby. Maximum Security would cross the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby, but was disqualified for interference following a 22-minute deliberation by the Churchill Downs stewards, who never lit the inquiry sign.
The disqualification resulted in owners Gary and Mary West filing a lawsuit against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Maximum Security was beaten by King for a Day in the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on June 16 before making amends by winning the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational on July 20.
Maximum Security was the 9-5 morning-line favorite for the Pennsylvania Derby. His scratch leaves the race with a field of six topped by Preakness winner War of Will, beaten Kentucky Derby and Preakness favorite Improbable, and four-time Grade 3 stakes winner Mr. Money
Wow. I think Baffert is one happy man today.