Magnum Moon Recovering From Surgery After Career Ending Injury
Gr.1 Arkansas Derby and Gr.2 Rebel Stakes Magnum Moon suffered a career-ending injury during a workout June 23 at Belmont Park.
The Malibu Moon colt has come out of surgery at Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists to repair his injury and is doing as well as could be expected, according to Jacob West, the bloodstock agent and racing manager for owners Robert and Lawana Low.
"He came out of it well. No news is good news to report," West said June 24. "But this isn't an outpatient type of thing. It's a long type of deal. The first hurdle has been jumped, but we've got a thousand more to go."
West said Saturday it was a "structural injury" to one of the colt's front legs. He said surgery was "successful in the sense that everything we wanted to get fixed got fixed."
West said he and the Lows have been heartened by the support from Magnum Moon's fans, as well as the skill and expertise from the veterinarians at Cornell Ruffian.
The story was first reported in The BloodHorse