All riders and horses escaped serious injury, and Ortiz was back in the winner's circle on Thursday at Kentucky Downs ...

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. appeared to avoid serious injury after he was unseated from his mount, 9-5 second choice Mindframe, ...

Irad Ortiz Jr. was taken to Albany Medical Center on Sunday after being thrown from his mount during a chaotic start to Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup.

After a scary fall in Sunday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course that resulted in a trip to Albany Medical Center, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. will sit out the final day of the summer meet — but ...

Saratoga's leading rider fell from his mount in a bumping incident in the $1-million race Sunday and was taken to a hospital, where all tests for injuries came back negative. His mount, Mindframe, was ...

According to agent Steve Rushing Monday, Irad Ortiz, Jr. escaped serious injury and all tests came back negative after the ...

Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., who was thrown from Mindframe (Constitution) shortly after the start of the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Sunday at Saratoga, was sent to Albany Medical for evaluation. Release of ...

Irad Ortiz was lucky to escape without serious injury after horses came together just after exiting the stalls for the £740,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup ...

The trainers each had 32 wins at the 40-day meet, which concluded Monday, and the rider had 59 wins for his fourth ...

THIS is the jaw-dropping moment a jockey cheated death after a ‘braindead’ rival caused disaster. Irad Ortiz’s quick thinking meant he left the saddle of one horse for another ...

Irad Ortiz Jr. is the jockey for the horse Improbable in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. Learn about his bio and career.