Before the Kentucky Derby, Mario Gutierrez was largely unknown, a small market jockey making the rounds on the racing circuit. On the morning of May 5, the 25-year-old Mexican jockey was tasked with piloting Santa Anita Derby winner I’ll Have Another in the 138th Kentucky Derby, his first-ever mount in a Triple Crown race. Today, he might be the most well known jockey in the world.
Now that Gutierrez has won the most illustrious of American classics, the once minor-league jockey will again be in the national spotlight. The native of Mexico knows the most pressing date on his calendar is May 19 when he and I’ll Have Another shoot for the second leg of the Triple Crown in the Preakness Stakes.
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