Maximum Security to Saudi Cup Races Feb. 29

you're listening to an article from canadian thoroughbred.com. maximum security to saudi cup races feb. 29 by: jennifer morrison |. maximum security, the brilliant 3-year-old colt owned by gary and mary west, is confirmed for the saudi cup at riyadh on ‘leap day’ feb. 29. owner gary west told thoroughbred daily news that his colt will not take part in the $3 million pegasus world cup at gulfstream park, where the colt won his maiden, and instead be shipped to saudi arabia. advertisement scroll to continue with content maximum security, a son of new year’s day, has only lost once in his career although he was disqualified from his win in the kentucky derby in may. he ended 2019 with win in the cigar mile, bold ruler and haskell invitational. west spiced up his interview with tdn by showing is his displeasure with the purse cut of the pegasus, which was a $12 million race, then $9 million last year. the stronach group will also take 2% of the purse for the world cup and pegasus turf from the race and donate it to thoroughbred aftercare. “the saudi race will be the next race for max,” west said to tdn. “if a horse owner had a shot to win a $20-million race or a race for less than $3 million within a month, i am not sure why they would run for less. “if the stronach group cares so much about horse aftercare, why in the world would they show their concern by reducing the value of their already enormously-reduced purse for the pegasus by 2% at the expense of owners and try to tell the racing community that is a benefit to them?” he said. possible pegasus world cup entries – jan. 25 gulfstream park. list courtesy horse racing nation. omaha beach war front. r. mandella 2nd, 2019 breeders’ cup dirt mile (g1) v. war story northern afleet. e. dobles 1st, 2019 harlan’s holiday (g3). seeking the soul perfect soul d. stewart 6th, 2019 clark stakes (g1). bravazo awesome again d. lukas 8th, 2019 clark stakes (g1). tax arch d. gargan 2nd, 2019 discovery handicap (g3) view video. gronkowski lonhro s. ghadayer 3rd, 2019 the entisar (ls) view video. mckinzie street sense b. baffert 2nd, 2019 breeders’ cup classic (g1) view video. higher power medaglia d’oro j. sadler 3rd, 2019 breeders’ cup classic (g1) view video. master fencer just a way k. tsunoda 1st, chu allow (11/30/2019-r11). tom’s d’etat smart strike a. stall, jr. 1st, 2019 clark stakes (g1). math wizard algorithms s. joseph, jr. 5th, 2019 breeders’ cup classic (g1) view video. gray magician graydar p. miller 2nd, 2019 smarty jones (g3). bodexpress bodemeister g. delgado 3rd, 2019 harlan’s holiday (g3). mr freeze to honor and serve d. romans 3rd, 2019 clark stakes (g1).