Moutonshoek’s inform stallion The United States struck twice on Thursday when the sire had two winners at the Vaal.
The United States has some very smart two-year-olds this season and this group includes Rodeo Drive. The latter romped home, at the third time of asking, to win as she liked on Thursday.
Runner-up on her two previous starts, the Sean Tarry-trained Rodeo Drive made no mistakes in Thursday’s Racing Today Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1000m). Under an inform Craig Zackey, the filly pulled off in the closing stages to outclass her rivals and win by four lengths.
Bred by James Armitage, Rodeo Drive is out of the Horse Chestnut mare Crystal Cavern. The filly was a R300 000 purchase from the 2023 National Yearling Sale.
The United States’ second success on Thursday came when his gelded four-year-old son Kashkaval won the eighth and final race at the Vaal. The Mark Khan-trained Kashkaval broke out well in Thursday’s Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 28 May MR 74 Handicap and he stayed on strongly in the closing stages to win by a short neck.
Bred by Maine Chance and Jagessar Ltd, Kashkaval has now won three times.
Out of the Trippi mare Kashmira, Kashkaval is bred on the same The United States/Trippi cross as high-class G2 winner Sheela.
The United States made headlines just days earlier when his promising two-year-old son Kingdundee won the Listed Dahlia Plate in courageous fashion.
A G1-winning son of legendary sire Galileo, and closely related to this season’s promising three-year-old Igor Stravinsky, The United States has a single lot on offer at the upcoming Cape Racing Winter Yearling Sale.
The strapping chestnut, a full-brother to a pair of multiple G1 winners, has a further eight yearlings on sale at the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale.