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Mucho Gusto Retired Due To Soft Tissue Injury; Stud Plans Pending

Mucho Gusto, the winner of the 2020 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (Grade 1), has been retired from racing after suffering a soft tissue injury training toward a defense of his title.

Trainer Bob Baffert said the 5-year-old son of Mucho Macho Man came up with the injury Tuesday morning. News of the retirement was first reported by Thoroughbred Daily News.

“He galloped this morning, and afterwards we noticed some heat in the pastern,” said Baffert. “Ultrasound showed a small issue in the ligament in the pastern area. With soft tissue problems like this it takes months of rest and you don't know if they're going to be the same when they come back. The good thing is we caught it early.”

Mucho Gusto retires with six wins in 13 starts for earnings of $3,953,800. After winning on debut at Los Alamitos' Thoroughbred meet, the horse won the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes, then finished second to Improbable in the G1 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity to finish his juvenile season.

He started his 3-year-old campaign on a winning note in the G3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, then ran third in the G3 Sunland Park Derby. Mucho Gusto skipped the Triple Crown races, instead going on to win the G3 Lazaro Barrera Stakes and G3 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita before shipping east to finish second in the G1 Haskell Invitational Stakes to Maximum Security and third to Code of Honor in the G1 Travers Stakes. His season finished with a victory in the G3 Oklahoma Derby.

Mucho Gusto spent his first two seasons racing for owner Michael Lund Petersen, who purchased him for $625,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale of 2-year-olds in training. Petersen sold the horse privately to Saudi Prince Faisal Bin Khaled following his Oklahoma Derby score.

Mucho Gusto kicked off his 4-year-old campaign with a 4 1/2-length triumph in the Pegasus World Cup, then tested the Saudi Cup, where he finished fourth. After a 10-month layoff, Mucho Gusto made his final career start in the G2 San Antonio Stakes, where he once again finished fourth.

“I gave him all that time off to have him fresh for these races (the Pegasus and Saudi Cup),” said Baffert. “He really likes that track (Gulfstream). He ran huge in the Haskell, but his biggest race was the Pegasus. And I thought for a second he was going to win the Saudi Cup. He's sort of been the barn favorite.”

Bred in Kentucky by Teneri Farm Inc. and Bernardo Alvarez Calderon, Mucho Gusto is out of the winning Giant's Causeway mare Itsagiantcauseway.

Stud plans for Mucho Gusto are still to be determined.

Stablemate Charlatan, winner of the G1 Runhappy Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, is also on the Pegasus invitation list, but Baffert is undecided on whether the 4-year-old Speightstown colt would run. “The door is still open for the Pegasus but we haven't figured anything out yet,” he said.

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Cambre Retired To Arohra Farms In Ohio

Arohra Farms in North Lawrence, Ohio has announced that Cambre (Arch – Mourette, by Smart Strike) will enter stud in 2021. Cambre raced for owner Imagine Stables and trainer Kelsey Danner.

Cambre broke his maiden in his third career start in a maiden special weight at Tampa Bay Downs in a two-turn route race on the grass. He showed enough promise to later become a stakes-performer, finishing behind the likes of Standard Deviation (multiple graded stakes placed by Curlin) and Grade 3 winner Solidify (by Tapizar).

Cambre is out of Mourette (by Smart Strike), the multiple stakes placed producer of Sir Anthony (by Mineshaft), a multiple graded stakes winner of over $400,000 in career earnings, including wins in the G3 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap and the G3 Harlan's Holiday Stakes as an Illinois-bred. Sir Anthony still races in 2020 for his breeder/owner, Richard Otto.

Cambre's 2nd dam is Amourette, herself a multiple-stakes winner and black-type producer of two stakes-performers (in addition to Mourette).

Cambre will stand for special considerations in Ohio, and prospective breeders are asked to contact Arohra Farms for details.

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Mr. Money To Stand At Florida’s Journeyman Stallions In 2021

Multiple Grade 3 winner Mr. Money will stand at Journeyman Stallions in Ocala, Fla., for the 2021 breeding season, BloodHorse reports.

The 4-year-old son of Goldencents will debut for an advertised fee of $5,000, and he'll stand as property of Allied Racing and Spendthrift Farm, who campaigned him during his on-track career.

Mr. Money won six of 18 starts for earnings of $1,360,430. The pinnacle of his career was seen during a four-race graded winning streak, which saw him find the winner's circle in the Grade 3 Pat Day Mile Stakes, Matt Winn Stakes, Indiana Derby, and West Virginia Derby. He followed up that effort with a runner-up finish in the G1 Pennsylvania Derby.

At four, Mr. Money added a win in the G3 Ack Ack Stakes.

Mr. Money is out of the Tiznow mare Plenty O'Toole. He hails from the family of Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed.

Classic Winner Tiz The Law Retired To Ashford Stud

Travers Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Florida Derby and Champagne Stakes winner Tiz the Law has been retired from racing on veterinary advice and will stand at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud for the 2021 breeding season.

“From day one when he broke his maiden at Saratoga, we have been watching Tiz the Law closely and he has everything you look for in a stallion prospect,” said Coolmore America manager Dermot Ryan. “He has an outstanding race record, he's a very good-looking individual and he boasts a strong pedigree. Barclay Tagg, Robin Smullen and their team have done a fantastic job with him and we are also grateful to Jack Knowlton and his partners in Sackatoga Stable for letting us be a part of him.”

“The entire Tiz the Law team is deeply disappointed that Tiz the Law will be unable to race as a 4-year-old as planned,” stated Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoga Stable. “He has provided the 35 owners a unique opportunity to compete and succeed at the highest level of thoroughbred racing. His impressive victory in the Grade 1 Travers at Saratoga Race Course was particularly rewarding for the Saratoga based stable. Sackatoga Stable is looking forward to the next chapter of his career as a stallion.”

“While it is unfortunate that Tiz's racing career has been cut short, we have been extremely fortunate and blessed to have had him in our lives”, said trainer Barclay Tagg. “Robin and I were able to pick him out and train him to win the Grade 1 Champagne as a 2-year-old and three Grade 1 races (Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers) as well as run 2nd in the Kentucky Derby this year. He has taken his owners and Barclay Tagg Racing Stable to places that most owners and trainers only dream about. We look forward to his career as a stallion with Ashford Stud.”

But for Ashford stallion American Pharoah, Tiz the Law's sire Constitution would have been champion freshman sire and champion second-crop sire. Off the back of this success, Constitution's fee has risen from $25,000 to $85,000 for the coming season. On the distaff side, Tiz the Law's dam Tizfiz was the winner of seven races including the G2 San Gorgonio Handicap at Santa Anita (now named the Robert J. Frankel Stakes) carrying top weight of 118 pounds.

Tiz the Law's fee will be announced shortly and he will be available for inspection at Ashford starting Monday, Jan 4.

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