Mucho Gusto (horse)
| Mucho Gusto | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mucho Macho Man |
| Grandsire | Macho Uno |
| Dam | Itsagiantcauseway |
| Damsire | Giants Causeway |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 26th, 2016 |
| Country | USA |
| Breeder | Teneri Farm Inc. & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon |
| Owner | Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 11:6-2-2 |
| Earnings | $2,441,800 |
| Major wins | |
| Pegasus World Cup (2020) Affirmed Stakes (2019) | |
| Last updated on February 4th, 2020 | |
Mucho Gusto (foaled April 26, 2016) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Pegasus World Cup.
Career
Mucho Gusto's first race was on September 20, 2018, at Los Alamitos, where he came in first.[1] His next race was the Grade-3 2018 Bob Hope Stakes,[2] on November 17, 2018, where he also came in first. He finished his 2018 season off with a second-place finish at the Grade-1 Los Alamitos Futurity.
Mucho Gusto began his 2019 season with a win at the Grade-3 February 2, 2019 Robert B. Lewis Stakes.[3] On May 18, 2019, he picked up a win at the Grade-3 Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes.[4] He then picked up another win the month after by winning the 2019 Affirmed Stakes.[5] On July 20, 2019, he came in second place at the Haskell Invitational Stakes. On August 24, 2019, he came in third place at the Travers Stakes.[1] His final race of the season a fourth-place finish at the September 29th, 2019 Oklahoma Derby.[1]
He began his 2020 season with the biggest win of his career by winning his first Grade-1 race, the 2020 Pegasus World Cup.[6][7]
Pedigree
| Sire Mucho Macho Man (USA) 2008 |
Macho Uno (USA) 1998 |
Holy Bull | Great Above |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Brown | |||
| Primal Force | Blushing Groom | ||
| Prime Prospect | |||
| Ponche De Leona (USA) 1999 |
Ponche | Two Punch | |
| Street Ballet | |||
| Perfect And Proud | Nonparrell | ||
| Proud Sal | |||
| Dam Itsagiantcauseway (USA) 2007 |
Giant's Causeway (USA) 1997 |
Storm Cat | Storm Bird |
| Terlingua | |||
| Mariah's Storm | Rahy | ||
| Immense | |||
| Countervail (USA) 2001 |
Seeking the Gold | Mr. Prospector | |
| Con Game | |||
| Strike A Balance | Green Dancer | ||
| Strike a Pose |
References
- ^ a b c "Mucho Gusto". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Mucho Gusto Shrugs Off Rivals in Bob Hope Stakes". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Runaway Victory for Mucho Gusto in Robert B. Lewis Stakes". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Mucho Gusto shows the way in Lazaro Barrera". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Mucho Gusto Wins Battle of Bafferts in Affirmed". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Bob Baffert's Mucho Gusto wins $3 million Pegasus World Cup". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "2020 Pegasus World Cup odds, picks, best predictions: Horse racing insider fading Mucho Gusto". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Mucho Gusto". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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