In the case of filly Tennessee Moon , “home” is where her story really begins.
Bred by Bluegrass royalty, Lexington’s Calumet Farm, Tennessee Moon began her career in California, first with trainer Leandro Mora, then with Doug O’Neill. The daughter of Calumet’s multiple grade 1-winning sprinter Ransom the Moon failed to earn her maiden in five starts on the West Coast before being sold privately to Emerald Downs-based trainer Justin Evans. The change would help.
In her Emerald Downs debut against other maidens, she graduated by 13 lengths while running for an $8,000 tag. Out of the winner’s circle, she would head back to a new stable as she was claimed that day. From there, she would be good enough to be a consistent pawn in the claiming game, exchanging barns five more times before landing in a place she could finally call home; a place she would find her best stride…