| Horsename: | Malibu Moon |
| Sire: | A.P. Indy |
| Grandsire: | Seattle Slew |
| Dam: | Macoumba |
| Damsire: | Mr. Prospector |
| Sex: | Stallion |
| Foaled: | February 23, 1997 |
| Country: | United States |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Breeder: | B. Wayne Hughes |
| Owner: | Spendthrift Farm |
| Trainer: | Melvin Stute |
| Record: | 2: 1-1-0 |
| Earnings: | $33,840 |
Malibu Moon (February 23, 1997 – May 18, 2021) was a Thoroughbred stallion bred in Kentucky.[1] Retired young to stud following a racing injury as a two-year-old, Malibu Moon thereafter sired multiple grade I stakes winners, two Eclipse Award winners, and was the sire of Orb, winner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
Bred in Kentucky by B. Wayne Hughes, Malibu Moon was a bay sired by A.P. Indy out of the Mr. Prospector mare Macoumba.[2]
Macoumba was a grade I winner in France, winning the Prix Marcel Boussac, before she was imported to the United States by B. Wayne Hughes.[3] Macoumba's dam, Maximova, was a Gr.I winner herself, winning against males in the 1982 Prix de la Salamandre. Maximova also produced five stakes winners as a broodmare.[4]
Malibu Moon was a half-brother to stallion Parker's Storm Cat, who is best known as the sire of the turf runner Ben's Cat.[5] Malibu Moon's half-sister Curriculum is the dam of notable turf sire Temple City.[6] [7]
Malibu Moon had a short racing career, but showed initial promise. His first race was a maiden special weight as a two-year-old at Hollywood Park, and despite brushing the gate at the start he made his way through the crowd in the stretch to finish second. His second and final start was also a maiden special weight at Hollywood Park, in which he finished first. He suffered a slab fracture in his knee in May of his two-year-old season, which forced his early retirement.[8]
Malibu Moon first entered stud in 2000 for a low stud fee of $3,000 at Country Life Farm in Maryland. After producing Eclipse Champion two-year-old Declan's Moon and graded winner Perfect Moon in his first two crops, he was relocated in 2004 to the Castleton Lyons Farm in Kentucky to service a wider range of mares, and his fee was raised to about $10,000.[9] He was then relocated again in 2008 to Spendthrift Farms, where he stood for a fee of $75,000 since 2017.
As of 2017, Malibu Moon sired over 100 black-type stakes winners and 40 graded stakes winners. His progeny have collectively earned over $99 million.[10] Malibu Moon has also been recognized as a broodmare sire, particularly as the broodmare sire of Eclipse Champion Stellar Wind.[11]
Malibu Moon died from an apparent heart attack in his paddock at Spendthrift Farm on May 18, 2021.[12]
Malibu Moon's progeny include:[13]
Malibu Moon is the damsire of:
Winner of the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (twice), Zenyatta Stakes, Beholder Mile Stakes, Apple Blossom Handicap, Santa Anita Oaks, Santa Ysabel Stakes, Torrey Pines Stakes, Summertime Oaks. 2015 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly