Shangamuzo

Shangamuzo (13 March 1973 – after 1989) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the Ascot Gold Cup in 1978. A specialist stayer, he won eight of his thirty-four races, finished second nine times and third on five occasions.

He showed promise as a two-year-old in 1975, despite being beaten in all three of his races. In the following season he established himself as a good performer in handicaps, winning five races including the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot and finishing second in the Jockey Club Cup. In 1977 he emerged as a top-class stayer despite winning only once from eleven starts: he won the Doncaster Cup and was placed in the Paradise Stakes, Yorkshire Cup, Queen Alexandra Stakes and Jockey Club Stakes. Shangamuzo reached his peak as a five-year-old in 1978 when he engaged in a series of races against the outstanding French-bred stayer Buckskin. Shangamuzo decisively defeated Buckskin in both the Sagaro Stakes and the Ascot Gold Cup but after sustaining an injury in the Goodwood Cup he was beaten by his rival in the Doncaster Cup and the Jockey Club Cup.

After an unsuccessful campaign in 1979 he was retired to stud in Brazil, where he had some success as a sire of winners.