Mario Gutierrez (; born 1987) is a Mexican

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jockey who won the 2012

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and

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aboard

I'll Have Another I'll Have Another (foaled April 1, 2009) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He was bred in Kentucky, owned by Canadian businessman J. Paul Reddam and trained by Doug O'Neill. In ...

, a colt owned by

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, native

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and his wife, Zillah. He also won the

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aboard Nyquist, also owned by Reddam and trained by

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Biography

The son of a jockey, Gutierrez rode

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in his native El Higo, Veracruz, and in

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beginning at age 14. In 2006 he emigrated to Canada where he began riding at

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, and where he won riding titles in 2007 and 2008. In 2012 he rode

and won the February 4 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at

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. The pair followed up with a win in the April 7

, and on May 5, 2012, in what then retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey and

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race commentor Gary Stevens called a "masterful ride," won the

. It was the Derby debut for the 25-year-old jockey. After the race, Gutierrez described I'll Have Another as "an amazing horse", and said that "from the first time I met him, I knew he was the one."

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Mario 1987 births Living people Mexican jockeys Canadian jockeys Mexican emigrants to Canada Sportspeople from Vancouver Sportspeople from Veracruz