Malacate

Malacate
Sire	Lucky Debonair
Grandsire	Vertex
Dam	Eyeshadow
Damsire	My Babu
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	18 April 1973
Country	Uhited States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Thomas C. Sturgill
Owner	María Félix Berger
Trainer	Francois Boutin
Record	16: 8-0-2
Major wins
Prix La Force (1976) Irish Derby (1976) Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes (1976) Prix Foy (1976)
Awards
Timeform rating 131 (1976), 123 (1977)

Malacate (foaled 18 April 1973) was an American-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed some promise as a two-year-old in 1975, before emerging as one of the leading colts of his generation in Europe in the following year. His performances in 1976 included wins in the Prix La Force, Irish Derby (beating Empery) and the first running of the Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes, in addition to running well in races such as the Prix du Jockey Club, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Champion Stakes. After failing in his first season at stud he returned to racing in 1977 and won the Prix Foy. He was then retired for a second time and had some success as a sire or winners in Japan.

Malacate was a bay horse with a white star and snip bred in Kentucky by Thomas C. Sturgill. He was probably the best horse sired by the American stallion Lucky Debonair who won the Kentucky Derby in 1965 and the Santa Anita Handicap in 1966. Malacate's dam Eyeshadow failed to win a race but produced several other winners in the United States as well as Alshandegha, the dam of the Australian Derby winner Mahogany. As a descendant of the broodmare Princess Camelia, Eyeshadow was a distant relative of the Dubai World Cup winner Captain Steve.

As a yearling Malacate was offered for sale at Keeneland and bought for $40,000 by representatives of María Félix, a Mexican actress and wife of French financier Alex Berger. The colt was sent to Europe to be trained in France by Francois Boutin.

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