owned by Guildings
Racing ClubMUCHO LOCO
7 year old chesnut gelding by Tagula out of Mousseux
owned by Guildings
Racing Club
Follow this link to see Mucho Loco's career in the Racing Post form database: RACING POST FORM
Post race on Guernsey and Mucho, also bemused by the large crowd, is still not entirely certain what has just happened to him
May09: Made his latest appearance in the frame by being second in a 1m 2f handicap on Guernsey.
Sep08: And there goes another one! This actually means he is 2/10 over hurdles, where the eventful nature of the races concentrate his mind a little more. Felix rode again, and did pretty much the same as at Huntingdon, except that the oppo proved a bit more resilient in large numbers, but he shook them off in the last few yards. He has enjoyed being the centre of attention, and is thriving on the glory.
Mucho A Bit Loco returns from his chase debut, seeking vengeance on those who did not warn him that it was not a hurdle race. 90% of Marvel Comics start out from the same premise.
May08: He's done it! Waiting until the point that faith was wavering severely, Mucho Loco finally, finally stuck his nose in front at Huntingdon. A rather splendid effort in the saddle from Felix de Giles helped, but the horse eventually elected to show what he is capable of, and in reality, just a percentage of it sufficed.
Mar08: He has been driving us bananas as he is perfectly capable of winning on the flat and over hurdles if he would bother. Dane O'Neill has got his number, which is largely outright cantankerousness. Anything you do to try and make him go faster causes him to slow down, and anything to slow him down makes Mucho Loco speed up. The trouble is, in the heat of battle, every other rider cannot resist getting after him. It has not worked yet, but Dane is convinced that one day it will all come right in glorious fashion.
2007: After making his hurdles debut at Fontwell, Andrew Tinkler confirmed that Mucho Loco had the ability over hurdles, but the 2m 2f plus trip was too far for him. Unfortunately, when we went to Plumpton, he did not like the downhill gallop on the far side and after just two races he was rapidly narrowing down the tracks we could be competitive at. Then summer came, for about ten minutes, and a long wet spell hot on it's heels was another factor against him. So we ended the year knowing exactly what he wanted to succeed but struggling to find a time and place where it was available.
Presumably named after someone's favourite Mexican wrestler, this horse joined us from Johnny Portman's yard, where he had been second four times from fifteen runs on the flat, but never won. He has had problems with his back and feet, and should be better for getting them sorted out, but Mucho Loco also may be the sort of horse that will enjoy the slower pace over jumps where he is not required to hare along close to flat out all the time.
Mucho Loco looks pretty smug before he goes out and secures his first ever win, at Huntingdon