Maximum Security headlines Grade 1 Cigar Mile to top strong card in New York, pair of graded juvenile stakes in California, Claiming Crown in Florida and more previewed in this week's primer.
How about that performance by Tom's d'Etat in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs? Certainly worth the wait for son of Smart Strike we visited at Saratoga way back when. Check out what Al Stall Jr. said about Tom's d'Etat back in 2017.
In a class move, Michael Mitchell decides not to ride this weekend at Charleston, ensuring a tie with the injured Jack Doyle for the NSA jockey championship.