Mucho Gusto (foaled April 26, 2016) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2020

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Racing Career

Mucho Gusto's first race was on September 20, 2018 at

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where he came in first. His next race was the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes, on November 17, 2018, where he also came in first. He finished his 2018 season with a second place finish at the Grade 1

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. Mucho Gusto began his 2019 season on February 2 with a win in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes. On May 18, he picked up a win at the Grade 3

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. He then picked up another win the month after by winning the Affirmed Stakes. On July 20, he finished second in the Grade 1

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, and on August 24, he finished third in the Grade 1

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. His final race of the season was a fourth place finish in the September 29

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. He began his 2020 season with the biggest win of his career by winning his first Grade 1 race, the

. His next start was the $20 million

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, where he finished third. He didn't record any workouts until October at

where he ran a leisurely 3 furlongs. In the

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, Mucho Gusto was rated on 118, making him the equal 80th best racehorse in the world.

Pedigree

References

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