Mario Gutierrez

Mario Gutierrez is a Mexican Thoroughbred jockey, born around 1987, who rode I'll Have Another to victory in the 2012 Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. The son of a jockey, he began riding Quarter Horses at fourteen in his native El Higo, Veracruz, and in Mexico City. In 2006 he moved to Canada, where he rode at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver and won riding titles in 2007 and 2008. His first Kentucky Derby ride came at the age of 25, on a colt owned by J. Paul Reddam and his wife Zillah. He won the Kentucky Derby a second time in 2016, on Nyquist, who was also owned by Reddam and trained by Doug O'Neill.