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Every step counts for Declan's Moon

By Jay Privman
Daily Racing Form

Friday, March 4, 2005

ARCADIA, Calif. -- Along with all the anxiety and pressure he might face Saturday afternoon in bringing out Declan's Moon for his 3-year-old debut, trainer Ron Ellis is walking a tightrope. Ellis wants Declan's Moon, last year's champion 2-year-old, to come out firing in the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Catalina Stakes at Santa Anita and keep his unbeaten record intact. Yet he is using the Santa Catalina and the April 9 Santa Anita Derby as preps for this spring's ultimate goal, the May 7 Kentucky De ...

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