Reylu Gutierrez

Gutierrez, a native of Rochester, N.Y., earned his first career victory at Finger Lakes in 2017. Earlier that year, Reylu graduated from SUNY Cortland with a degree in exercise science. In 2018, his first full year as a rider, he was named an Eclipse Award finalist for Outstanding Apprentice.

During 2019, Gutierrez continued building accomplishments on the more competitive NYRA circuit and also at Gulfstream Park in Florida. He won his first graded stakes in March 2019 aboard Do Share in the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct. 

Gutierrez began to make an impression as a jockey outside of New York in 2021. He piloted 2-year-old filly Hidden Connection to a win in the Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs in September and was rewarded with his first mount in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Gutierrez's father Luis trained horses at Finger Lakes, and his uncle Jose was a long-time jockey at the track.