Mucho Remains On Track For Possible Breeders' Cup Bid

The $2 million Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 6 remains a possibility for Mucho, who finished third in Friday’s Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2).

“There is likely a chance we will go,” trainer John Ortiz said Wednesday morning. “I’ll talk it over with the owners in the coming days and have a decision by the first of next week. He has shown he can be competitive with the best horses.”

Claimed for $80,000 last November at Churchill Downs, Mucho has posted an 8-2-2-1 record in 2021 for earnings of $197,000 for WSS Racing of William Simon and 4 G Racing of Brent Gasaway.

Ortiz, who went out on his own in 2016, has had one starter at Del Mar: Mr. Dumas, who was unplaced in the 2019 Hollywood Derby (G1).