Bad 'Moon' Rising! Claiming Crown filly leads nation with 11 wins in 2024

Meet Mark Hibdon, a Texan now based at Delta Downs whose $5,000 claim Tennessee Moon leads North America in wins this year with 11. Hibdon is hoping No. 12 comes Saturday, Nov. 16, in the $100,000 Claiming Crown Glass Slipper, the first time he's ever run a horse at Churchill Downs. "I know she’s not Seabiscuit, but she is to us," he says. We've run the interview pretty much in its entirety because, well, he's great!