Mucho Gusto (horse)

Mucho Gusto (foaled April 26, 2016) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Pegasus World Cup.

Mucho Gusto
SireMucho Macho Man
GrandsireMacho Uno
DamItsagiantcauseway
DamsireGiants Causeway
SexStallion
FoaledApril 26th, 2016
CountryUSA
BreederTeneri Farm Inc. & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon
OwnerFaisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
TrainerBob Baffert
Record11:6-2-2
Earnings$2,441,800
Major wins
Pegasus World Cup (2020)
Affirmed Stakes (2019)
Last updated on February 4th, 2020

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
Pedigree of Mucho Gusto (USA), 2016[8]
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
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References
  1. "Mucho Gusto". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. "Mucho Gusto Shrugs Off Rivals in Bob Hope Stakes". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. "Runaway Victory for Mucho Gusto in Robert B. Lewis Stakes". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. "Mucho Gusto shows the way in Lazaro Barrera". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. "Mucho Gusto Wins Battle of Bafferts in Affirmed". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. "Bob Baffert's Mucho Gusto wins $3 million Pegasus World Cup". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  7. "2020 Pegasus World Cup odds, picks, best predictions: Horse racing insider fading Mucho Gusto". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. "Mucho Gusto". Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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