Moutonshoek’s red hot sire The United States enjoyed a notable feature race double at Turffontein on Saturday.
Not only did the chestnut’s son Tin Pan Alley win Saturday’s G1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut, but The United States filly Care Forgot won the same day’s Listed Wilgerbosdrift Acacia Stakes.

The 2026 Horse Chestnut Stakes proved a triumph for The United States with his son Tin Pan Alley and Texas Red finishing 1-3 respectively. Texas Red had finished second in last year’s G1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes.

Trained by Sean Tarry, three-year-old Tin Pan Alley was claiming his third graded win and first G1 triumph with his win on Saturday. The Moutonshoek bred gelding had previously won both the G2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge and G3 Graham Beck Stakes.

Under Keagan De Melo, Tin Pan Alley kicked clear as the field turned for home, and he powered home to win convincingly by three and three quarter lengths.
Owned by the Wernars Family and Dayalan Chinsammy, Tin Pan Alley has won six of 12 starts for earnings of R2 134 844.

He is the second G1 winner this season for The United States, following G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship winner Kingdundee.

The gelding, who is out of the Querari mare The Entertainer, was a R500 000 buy from the 2024 August Two Year Old Sale.

His G1 Ranvet Stakes winning sire The United States had enjoyed more feature race success earlier on the card when his four-year-old daughter Care Forgot won the Listed Wilgerbosdrift Acacia Stakes.