American Classic Race wins:Kentucky Derby (2012, 2016)Preakness Stakes (2012) Mario Gutierrez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ɣuˈtjeres];[1] born c. 1987) is a Mexican Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the 2012 Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard I'll Have Another, a colt owned by Windsor, Ontario, native J. Paul Reddam and his wife, Zillah.
[2][3] He also won the 2016 Kentucky Derby aboard Nyquist, also owned by Reddam and trained by Doug O'Neill.
The son of a jockey, Gutierrez rode Quarter Horses in his native El Higo, Veracruz, and in Mexico City beginning at age 14.
[4][5][6] In 2012 he rode I'll Have Another and won the February 4 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
The pair followed up with a win in the April 7 Santa Anita Derby, and on May 5, 2012, in what then retired U.S.