Magnum Moon

[Ace]

That might be a big number but drifting out like that in the stretch has to be a bad sign. I\'ll be inclined to dismiss this one.

[ajkreider]

Don\'t know what to make of the drift.  Saez said something along the lines of being distracted by the gate marks.  But it was the whole stretch.

Won\'t get a great fig because of the slow early fractions.  But came home under
12 seconds - which is pretty rare.

[Molesap]

I am always more than a bit wary of come home times at OP. It seems like every year the fastest timed late pace is from the Arkansas Derby, although sub 12 is pretty fast no matter what. Magnum Moon may have just moved himself into the role of the second favorite and bumped Justify up a notch as they bet him fairly hard. Baffert and Pletcher potentially with the top two choices in the Derby - who would have thought?

[BitPlayer]

Preliminary Beyer of 98.

http://live.drf.com//nuggets/41915-magnum-moon-city-of-light-earn-career-high-beyer-speed-figures-on-saturday-at-oaklawn

After ground loss, Magnum Moon should only to be about a point better than Quip and Solomini on TG.