Moutonshoek’s high-class stallion The United States came up with an eye catching debut winner at Turffontein on Thursday.
His two-year-old daughter Malibu made the perfect start to her racing career when she romped home to score as she liked.
Under Craig Zackey, the Lucky Houdalakis trained filly pulled well clear in the final stages of Thursday’s 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies).
Malibu was eased to post a six and three quarter length win in the 1000m contest.
Bred by Wicklow Stud, Malibu, who has a Fire Away half-brother on offer at the National Yearling Sale, was a R200 000 buy from the 2024 August Two Year Old Sale.
The filly is out of the Trippi mare Mysterio, and is thus bred on the same cross as G2 4Racing SA Nursery winner Sheela.
Her superbly bred sire The United States is a full-brother to dual classic winner Hermosa, whose promising son Trinity College recently won at Naas.
In the process, the three-year-old son of Dubawi provided legendary trainer Aidan O’Brien a first winner of the season.
Trinity College had shown a high level of form as a two-year-old, with a 12-length maiden victory at Galway joined by two fine efforts in defeat in Group-race company, while Acapulco Bay was second to stablemate Delacroix on his Curragh debut in early August before going one better three weeks later.

The pair drew clear in the latter stages of the one-mile contest, with Trinity College asserting late on to prevail by two lengths.Of Trinity College, O’Brien said: “We’re delighted with him, he’ll stay further. It was nice to get him started, he had some very good runs last year. He’ll have no problem going up to a mile and quarter, I’d imagine. We’ll look at a Derby trial and he could be a French Derby horse.”
The United States has eight lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale.