Maximum Security will begin 2020 with a new part-owner and a guaranteed place to live upon retirement.

Coolmore, the racing arm of Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor, has purchased half-interest in the racing and breeding rights of Maximum Security, co-owner Gary West confirmed via text Tuesday night. Upon retirement, Maximum Security will stand at Ashford Stud, the breeding arm of Coolmore’s operation, in Kentucky. He will join Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify, who also stand at Ashford.

“I can confirm that Coolmore has purchased a half interest in both the racing and breeding rights of Maximum Security,” Gary West, who owns and bred Maximum Security with his wife Mary, wrote in a text Tuesday night. “There will be no other announcements until Maximum Security is retired.”

Maximum Security, who will continue to be trained by Jason Servis, is expected to race at least through his 4-year-old season.

Maximum Security, who was disqualified from first place in the Kentucky Derby due to alleged interference nearing the top of the stretch, won three other Grade 1 stakes in 2019 and is the leading contender for an Eclipse Award in the 3-year-old male division. Maximum Security concluded his 3-year-old campaign with a convincing 3 1-2-length victory in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Dec. 7. His earlier Grade 1 victories included the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park in March and the Haskell at Monmouth Park in July.

Maximum Security, a son of New Year’s Day, has won 7 of 9 starts. The only race he did not cross the finish line first in was the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park where he was beaten by King for a Day.

Maximum Security is expected to make his next start in the inaugural $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 29.