The day after Christmas elves were generous as Arizona Moon rose to the occasion to spring a $66.00 upset in the $25,000 Cave Creek Stakes Tuesday at Turf Paradise.
Let go at 32-1 Arizona Moon, with Isaias Enriquez aboard. rallied from last in the nine horse field by making a sweeping move at the head of the lane and then drawing off to a 4 ½ length victory over 4-5 favorite Way Striking with Born in a Breeze third in a field of 3-year-olds and up.
Owned by John Campo and trained by his daughter Stacy, Arizona Moon was winning for the first time in 11 starts since November of last year. The winner covered the one mile in a sprightly 1:35.84 due to the fast early splits set by the runnerup, Shrewd Move and Thetrailerguy.
Arizona Moon, a 4-year-old colt by Macho Uno, was winning for the fourth time in 24 starts and now has earnings of $88,202.
Let go at 32-1 Arizona Moon, with Isaias Enriquez aboard. rallied from last in the nine horse field by making a sweeping move at the head of the lane and then drawing off to a 4 ½ length victory over 4-5 favorite Way Striking with Born in a Breeze third in a field of 3-year-olds and up.
Owned by John Campo and trained by his daughter Stacy, Arizona Moon was winning for the first time in 11 starts since November of last year. The winner covered the one mile in a sprightly 1:35.84 due to the fast early splits set by the runnerup, Shrewd Move and Thetrailerguy.
Arizona Moon, a 4-year-old colt by Macho Uno, was winning for the fourth time in 24 starts and now has earnings of $88,202.
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