Mario Gutierrez

Kevin Krigger's dream of riding the Kentucky Derby finally to come true

2013-05-04 00:00:00

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Contrary to popular perception, this will not be the first Kentucky Derby ride for jockey Kevin Krigger. Maybe his fifth or sixth. Of course, when he got his first saddle as a teenager in the Virgin Islands, he didn't have the...

Goldencents gives Doug O'Neill a Rerun for the Roses

2013-04-06 20:18:00

Apparently, trainer Doug O'Neill has taken the name of his most famous horse literally. Saturday, he decided, I'll Have Another. So, here we go again. If race fans have that feeling of "Groundhog Day," nobody could blame them. The O'Neill Show, a...

Doug O'Neill hopeful about Goldencents in Santa Anita Derby

2013-04-04 18:51:00

It was a year ago that trainer Doug O'Neill's fortunes began to turn, by a nose, at the Santa Anita Derby. He hopes to duplicate that magic this weekend. His horse, I'll Have Another, edged the favorite, Creative Cause, to win the Santa Anita Derby in...

Trainer Doug O'Neill returns to Baltimore as challenger in Triple Crown chase

2013-05-13 13:18:00

Doug O’Neill is back in Baltimore, this year to spoil a Triple Crown instead of take the next step toward winning one. A year after bringing I’ll Have Another to Baltimore just two days after winning the Kentucky Derby, then frantically...

Clancy's Call: The Kentucky Derby

2013-05-03 14:56:00

Bob Clancy's selections for the Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville: Post time: 6:24 p.m.; TV: NBC; Distance: 1 1/4 miles; Purse: $2,199,800 VERRAZANO (4-1) has done nothing wrong in four career starts. The unbeaten son of More...

Kentucky Derby full of intrigue with Pletcher's pack, O'Neill's return

2013-04-29 14:43:00

Last year's chase for the Triple Crown ended when trainer Doug O'Neill stepped to a microphone stand in a patch of fenced-in grass next to a barn near the Belmont Park track. Brushing back tears, he announced that a tendon injury would prevent I'll Have...

Jockey who won 1963 Kentucky Derby helped lead the way for Latinos

2013-04-29 08:24:03

Braulio Baeza was born in Panama and lives in New York, but his story is inextricably tied to Kentucky and Lexington. He won the Kentucky Derby 50 years ago aboard Chateaugay, a horse from Lexington's Darby Dan Farm. He was among the first Latino...

Maryland business helps top jockeys see their way clear

2012-06-07 17:22:00

Not a lot has changed in the jockey goggle business since 1947, when Israel Kroop first stitched trim around a molded sheet of plastic, added two brass vents from a mattress, and attached a strip of elastic. Kroop's design — a made-in-Maryland...

Union Rags tracks down Paynter in final stretch to win Belmont Stakes

2012-06-09 21:59:00

Elmont, NY – Paynter stayed where he was, a few feet off the rail, charging toward the finish. Everyone whose heart had been broken by Union Rags before must have had the same thought: he's not going to squeeze through. But then, delivering upon...

Commentary: I'll Have Another and Mario Gutierrez are underdogs we can all root for

2012-05-20 22:28:00

But we start by putting our Bud Light Spotlight on a story plot I’m a sucker for: an underdog jockey and an underdog horse. I might not be the biggest horse racing fan. But I’m rooting like crazy for “I’ll Have Another” to...

Preakness winner I'll Have Another begins final push for Triple Crown

2012-05-20 17:00:00

The last man to take a horse to Belmont with a chance to snag the elusive final gem in the Triple Crown has some advice for Doug O'Neill. Stay true to the horse. "I think trainers going around asking other people what they should do, looking for how...

What they're saying about I'll Have Another and the Triple Crown

2012-05-21 11:30:00

Here’s a look at what some media outlets are saying about I’ll Have Another and his shot at the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. * Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News says the speed numbers of Union Rags, who expected to...

Jockey Mario Gutierrez arrives at the 2012 ESPY Awards.

2012-07-11 00:00:00

Here's I'll Have Another trainer and jockey Mario Gutierrez watching past #Preakness races.

2012-05-19 00:00:00

Mario Gutierrez, the jockey for I'll Have Another, wins the 137th Preakness Stakes.

2012-05-19 00:00:00