Current Tag: Irad Ortiz Jr.
Jockeys to watch in the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships
POSTED: October 31, 2020
Sure everyone is talking horses. Who wouldn't be? We're also talking jockeys. The Breeders' Cup World Championships are a week away. We at Past the...
Who is on and who gets off the Breeders' Cup donut this year?
POSTED: October 28, 2020
No matter how you play the Breeders’ Cup it is a big money event. If you are a breeder, owner, trainer, rider, or bettor, the...
Royal Approval opens up Breeders’ Cup possibilities with G3 Matron victory
POSTED: October 11, 2020
ELMONT, N.Y. – Three Chimneys Farm’s Royal Approval overtook pacesetter Union Gables in the final furlong and closed strongly to register a three-quarters of a...
Happy Saver ecstatically undefeated upending elders for Jockey Club Gold Cup, entry to Breeders’ Cup
POSTED: October 10, 2020
ELMONT, N.Y. – Wertheimer and Frere’s Happy Saver continued to handle every challenge thrown his direction, with the sophomore keeping his undefeated record intact by besting...
Irad Ortiz Jr. Adds First Kentucky Downs Win To Resume
POSTED: September 11, 2020
Irad Ortiz (inside) won his first Kentucky Downs race aboard Unmoored by a nose. Coady Photography With his brother Jose Ortiz the two-time reigning meet...
Pletcher, Ortiz, Jr., Klaravich Stables lead the way at Saratoga summer meet
POSTED: September 7, 2020
Ortiz brothers take the title down to the wire SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Klaravich Stables finished atop their respective...
Patience and pace pays off: Come Dancing scores fifth graded stakes win in G2 Honorable Miss
POSTED: September 6, 2020
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Blue Devil Racing Stable’s Come Dancing sat patiently off a torrid pace and picked up a fifth graded stakes victory proving...
Irad Ortiz, Smith to ride at Kentucky Downs for first time; NY, CA jockeys swarming to all-turf meet
POSTED: August 27, 2020
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Thursday, July 27, 2020) — Kentucky Downs’ deep jockey colony is getting even deeper for the six-date run of all-grass racing that offers among...
Golden Pal glitters in Skidmore with handy front-running style
POSTED: August 22, 2020
Eyes potential Breeders’ Cup start SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Ranlo Investments’ Golden Pal surged to the front and drew away in the stretch, posting an...
