Moon Spun shot out of the starting gate like a rocket and never looked back on her way to posting a three-and-a-quarter length victory in the $125,000 Ladies Turf Sprint at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Feb. 7.
The race marked the fourth straight win – and second straight Stakes win – for the five-year-old Hard Spun mare. She was victorious in the Abundantia Stakes over the same strip on Dec. 27.
Ridden once again by Javier Castellano, Moon Spun broke sharply and immediately went to the front. Always comfortable in the race, Moon Spun easily led her seven rivals by a half-length through the far turn and to the top of the lane, where she began to widen her advantage. She cruised through the stretch and coasted under the wire an easy winner.
Le Amazonia got up for second over Flamingo Way, with Twirling Queen another length back in fourth.
Moon Spun was bred in Kentucky by Jack Liebau Sr. from the Malibu Moon mare Moonlit Bay. She was an $80,000 purchase at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. She hails from the immediate family of G1 winners Tappan Street, Grace Adler, and Bullsbay.
Moon Spun is the second Stakes winner of the year for Hard Spun, joining Kupuna, recent winner of the Colonel E.R. Bradley Stakes at Fair Grounds. Hard Spun was represented by 21 Stakes horses in 2025 - more than any other stallion standing for less than $45,000. A few of his Graded Stakes winners last year included Gas Me Up, winner of the G2 Joe Hernandez Stakes, Elysian Field, winner of the G3 Seaway Stakes and Pondering, winner of the G3 Bessarabian.
Hard Spun will stand the 2026 breeding season at Jonabell Farm for $20,000, stands and nurses.
