Ushba Tesoro（Japanese: ウシュバテソーロ、Foaled March 4, 2017）[1] is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who won the Tokyo Daishoten in 2022, before going on to win the Kawasaki Kinen and the Dubai World Cup in 2023.

The following month, the horse entered the Principal Stakes, a trial race for the Japanese Derby, but came in fourth place.

[16] The following month, Ushba Tesoro won his first Listed Race at the Brazil Cup, where he covered the last three furlongs at 35.5 seconds and passed all the other horses from behind.

the Canopus Stakes, as well in a similar fashion, where he came in from 10th place and passed the other horses in the final stretch, covering the last three furlongs in 37.3 seconds.

The horse went in as the second most favored behind Meisho Hario, the winner of that year's Teio Sho, another 2000m dirt race held at Oi Racecourse.

The horse went from the outside and passed the likes of Shonan Nadeshiko and Sunrise Hope that was running in front of him, and crossed the finish line with a 1.75 lengths gap behind Notturno, who came in second place.

[24] During the post-race interview, Kawada commented "There were hurdles to overcome in logistics and surfaces, as it was the horse's first time abroad, but the horse moved very well during training, so I focused on whether it can channel that in this race when I rode him" and "Ushba Tesoro worked hard to win the number one race in the world, so I'm proud that I was able to show that a Japanese jockey can fight in the global stage.

"[25] On mid-April 2023, Ushba Tesoro's trainer announced that after taking a break for the summer, the horse will run at this year's Nippon TV Hai before moving on to the BC Classic in Santa Anita.

As he approached the fourth corner, he surged to the front, and with a light urging from Kawada, he won by 2 and a half lengths.

Additionally, his connections plan to continue his career next year, aiming for a consecutive victory in the Dubai World Cup.

Gradually closing the gap around the third corner, he began to move up in the straight, overtaking the strong frontrunner, Saudi Crown and took the lead, but was overtaken by Senor Buscador from the outside just 50 meters from the goal, finishing second.

He ran from behind as usual, but he was unable to chase down the tearaway leader, Laurel River, who had a huge comfortable lead, he finished second place.