Magnum Moon recovering after career-ending injury

Magnum Moon, the Kentucky Derby-competing horse with local ties, is recovering after a career-ending injury during a workout.

Jacob West, the bloodstock agent and racing manager for owners Robert and Lawana Low, said Magnum Moon on June 23 had a "structural injury" to one of his front legs. West said surgery was "successful in the sense that everything we wanted to get fixed got fixed."

"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."

The horse owned by Prime Inc.'s Robert Low placed 19th out of 20 in the Kentucky Derby in May.

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