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Mario Gutierrez returns to Hastings Park

Jockey Mario Gutierrez returned to Vancouver's Hastings Racecourse on Monday to ride in two races, placing fourth in the Lieutenant Governor's Handicap riding St Liam's Halo.
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Jockey Mario Gutierrez, of Mexico, who rode I'll Have Another to win two legs of this year's Triple Crown, waves to the crowd before riding St Liams Halo to a fourth place finish in the Lieutenant Governor's Handicap at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday July 2, 2012. Gutierrez got his start at the Vancouver track and returned to compete in two races Monday, winning his first one and placing fourth in the second. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Jockey Mario Gutierrez returned to Vancouver's Hastings Racecourse on Monday to ride in two races, placing fourth in the Lieutenant Governor's Handicap riding St Liam's Halo.

The Great Canadian Gaming Corporation also unveiled a statue honouring the Mexican-born jockey who trained in Vancouver and came close to winning the Triple Crown recently.

Howard Blank of the gaming corporation says the company thought it was important to have a special tribute to Gutierrez whose colours will now be in the winner's circle forever.

Gutierrez won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness but was forced to pull out of the Belmont Stakes because of an injury to his horse, I'll Have Another.

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