Moonshine Mullin will rest to await 2015 Oaklawn meet
Moonshine Mullin is through racing for the year and will return to action at Oaklawn Park next winter, said trainer Randy Morse.
Moonshine Mullin, owned by Randy Patterson, earned an expenses-paid berth to the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic by winning the Grade 1 Stephen Foster here in June, but what Morse termed “a minor issue” precluded the 6-year-old horse from racing again in 2014.
“There was no surgery, and he’s been here the whole time at the track, walking the shed,” he said. “We’ll go down to Hot Springs the first of December and try to make the Razorback his first start.”
Morse said leaving the BC travel voucher unused “is disappointing, especially with some of these other horses going by the wayside. But what’re you going to do? We sure can’t complain about what he’s done for us so far.”
Another Thursday turf worker was Judy the Beauty, who possibly could try male rivals in the BC Sprint, said trainer Wesley Ward.