Tom's d'Etat takes on tough competition in Whitney + Maximum Security Returns for Breeders Cup Run

On Saturday, Tom's d'Etat, winner of the Oaklawn Mile and the Stephen Foster Stakes of this year, will try to continue his dominance over a small, but talented field of older males hoping to secure a spot in this year's Breeders Cup Classic. By My Standards, who was the runner up to Tom's d'Etat in the Stephen Foster will try to bounce back in this race at Saratoga. Code of Honor, who ran in the Met Mile, will return at 5-2 odds to try and show flashes of potential we saw last year at Saratoga in the Travers. Rounding up the field is Improbable, who won the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes, but previously had struggled after a promising run towards the Kentucky Derby in 2019. Mr. Buff finishes of the field as the longshot, who dominated NY bred horses in non-graded stakes, but last time out in the Suburban, he struggled against Tacitus. Saratoga's card will also feature the Allen H. Jerkens (G1), with No Parole, winner of the Woody Stephens, and the Personal Ensign (G1), which will feature the dominant Midnight Bisou. All of these races on Whitney day, will be on the website, with in depth analysis of each of the races with tips for betting. 

Maximum Security, winner of the richest race in history, and infamous for being disqualified from 1st in last year's Kentucky Derby, returned to the scene with Bob Baffert to win the San Diego Handicap by a nose to Midcourt. MS is a very talented horse who has a chance at winning the Breeders Cup Classic. This race was a hiccup for sure, but it was still a solid performance with a 101 speed figure for a first race back with a new trainer and jockey. Time will tell, but Maximum Security still has a lot to prove if he can win the Breeders Cup Classic and become one of the all time great horses, coming out of the shadow of last year's Derby.