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Jockey Mario Gutierrez celebrates after riding Champagne Room to victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies horse race at Santa Anita Park, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Mario Gutierrez rides Nyquist to victory during the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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CORRECTS LAST NAME TO GUTIERREZ FROM GUITIERREZ - Mario Gutierrez celebrates after riding Nyquist to victory during the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

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In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Dancingtothestars and jockey Mario Gutierrez win the $100,000 Fran's Valentine Stakes horse race Saturday April 26, 2014, at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Benoit Photo)

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In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Dancingtothestars and jockey Mario Gutierrez win the $100,000 Fran's Valentine Stakes horse race Saturday April 26, 2014, at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Benoit Photo)

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Shanghai Bobby, right, with Rosie Napravnik atop, crosses the finish line ahead of He's Had Enough, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, to win the the Breeders' Cup Juvenile horse race, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Jockey Mario Gutierrez (left) rallied to beat Bodemeister twice this time in the Preakness Stakes on May 19 to win the first two legs of the Triple Crown. The colt will bid to complete the sweep Saturday in the Belmont Stakes. (Associated Press)

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Jockey Mario Gutierrez, 25, hasn't looked back since owner Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill put him on I'll Have Another before the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita in February. Victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes followed, and now Gutierrez is on the brink of Triple Crown history. (Associated Press)

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Mario Gutierrez, left, jockey for Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another, talks with Doug O'Neill, the horse's trainer, before a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. I'll Have Another could become horse racing's 12th Triple Crown winner and the first in 34 years on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Jockey Mario Gutierrez and I'll Have Another are the talk of thoroughbred racing after victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. (Associated Press)

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Smarty Jones (center, with jockey Stewart Elliott aboard) won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 2004, only to finish second to Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes. (Associated Press)

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I'll Have Another (9), ridden by Mario Gutierrez, beats Bodemeister, ridden by Mike Smith, to the finish line to win the 137th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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I'll Have Another (9), ridden by Mario Gutierrez, beats Bodemeister, ridden by Mike Smith, to the finish line to win the 137th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)