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But how about this: Dale Earnhardt Jr. left the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Sprint Cup Series points lead.VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver racetrack where Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez made his start will celebrate his victories Saturday instead of sulking in the disappointment of a missed opportunity for the Triple Crown. But the horse owner who mentored the young man who arrived in Canada with virtually nothing says the star of the dashed but magical run for the last jewel in the Triple Crown is now Gutierrez, not the horse Ill Have Another. "Im so proud of that boy, regardless of what happened today," Glen Todd said Friday after speaking with the jockey. "Hes still got his chin up. Hes sad, naturally." Ill Have Another was unexpectedly scratched from the Belmont Stakes on Friday due to a tendon injury and has now been retired. Todd, who describes himself as Gutierrezs Canadian father, met the 25-year-old jockey six years ago. "He came from a little town in Mexico with a garbage bag full of clothes and that was his whole belongings and here he is a few years later in the biggest races in the world." Gutierrez will return to Vancouver on July 2 to ride one of his horses in a big-stake race, Todd said. He said Gutierrez rode Ill Have Another for the first time in January but thought the horse was so super hed never get to race it. "Sure enough, he got to ride it and that started the story." Now, fans have dubbed Gutierrez "Super Mario." The jockey is so grateful for his time at Hastings Park and the dreams hes fulfilled on a Canadian horse that he wants to become a Canadian citizen, Todd said. "He loves Vancouver. Hes done so much for the city in putting us on the map in the racing world. Its unbelievable." Howard Blank, vice-president of the Great Canadian Gaming Corp., which runs the Hastings Park racetrack, said Ill Have Anothers premature retirement is sad, but his achievements are worth celebrating. "Initially we were disappointed for Mario and for the Ill Have Another team but our sadness turned into joy because we took a breath and realized what a remarkable accomplishment Mario has made already," Blank. The colt nabbed the Kentucky Derby on May 5 and the Preakness two weeks later before his bid to become the first Triple CCrown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Tyrod Taylor Jersey. Blank said the affable jockey will still be racing three different horses at Belmont on Saturday, so fans at the Vancouver track can watch the jockey in action. "Hopefully hell be able to watch from our live feed, all the fans here who will be cheering him on." Blank said Gutierrez ran two great races at the Belmont on Friday, coming in second in both and that he hasnt let his disappointment stop him from doing what he loves. The gaming corporation is working with the City of Vancouver on a special Mario Day proclamation this summer, complete with a ticker-tape parade, he said. Ivan Puhich, Gutierrezs agent, said scratching Ill Have Another was the best thing, although hes been feeling down about the turn of events. "Why would you be happy when the odds are favoured for a Triple Crown victory? Youre 85 years old, youve been in the business for 70 years, why would you be happy?" As for Gutierrez, "hes handling it quite well," said Puhich on the phone from a Mexican restaurant in Pomana, Calif., where Los Angeles County has a race meeting every year. "Hes a nice, beautiful young man. He knows no evil, he speaks no evil, he thinks no evil." Dawn Moshonas, who has two show-jumping horses at the Southlands boarding stables in Vancouver, said Gutierrezs inspiring story has introduced a lot of people to the sport of horseracing. "Every horse person I know is rooting for him," she said. "I was just really sad that I didnt get to watch history in the making. But it just shows how much they care about the horse more than anything." Moshanas said she met Gutierrez about two years ago in the paddock at Hastings Park when he rode her bosss horse. "He seemed to me like such a sweet human being, and the one thing thats been so wonderful is how hes been promoting Vancouver." Pippa Emrick, who co-ordinates an annual fair for the Southlands Riding Club, said members will still gather for a party to watch the Belmont on Saturday. "One of our members has a horse thats running in the race before the Belmont so they were going to watch her horse and then watch Mario." ' ' '