Career
Marin began his career in his native Cuba, working as a groom and an exercise rider at the Oriental Park Racetrack, in Havana. In 1943, the pair moved to Mexico City to compete at Hipodromo de Las Americas, and Fernandez led the nation"s riders there for three years straight. When a riding contract for Mexican president Avila Camacho expired, the pair headed to the United States, where Fernandez became a leading rider on the East Coast circuit until 1953.
Retiring that same year, Fernandez ranked seventh on the list of world"s winningest riders, with 2,186 career wins.
Baeza was elected to the United States. Racing Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1966, Marin began working for nineteen-year-old Laffit Pincay, Junior., who was elected to the United States. Racing Hall of Fame less than nine years later, and who retired in 2003 as the world"s winningest jockey.
Other well known riders that Marin worked for included Jorge Velasquez, Bobby Ussery, Angel Cordero, Junior. and Steve Cauthen, all United States. Racing Hall of Fame inductees, as well as Eddie Belmonte, Alvaro Pineda, Glen Brogan and Heliodoro Gustines. In 1973, Marin told the Orange County Register "So far I have been fortunate.
I have no complaints."
Marin was inducted into the Oriental Park/Cuban Horse Racing Hall of Fame Exhibit at Calder Race Course in Miami, Florida, in October 1986.
