A fter a scary fall in Sunday's Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course that resulted in a trip to Albany Medical Center ...

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.

Heading into Friday, Jose Ortiz was just three wins behind his brother at 52 — then Irad Ortiz won four races on the day to bring his total to 59.

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 ...

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

Sunday was a scary day at the Saratoga Race Course. In the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the meet's leading rider, Irad Ortiz ...

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

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

The race for the Saratoga Race Course riding title could go right down to the wire, although the upcoming brief-but-lucrative ...

Winning, checked that as well. Racing against your brother, add that to the list. Born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Jose and Irad Ortiz Jr. did not have to look far for a racing influence.

His grandfather, also named Irad Ortiz, and his uncle Ivan Ortiz, were jockeys; and his younger brother, Jose Ortiz, is one of the nation’s leading riders.

Jockey Jose Ortiz has dominated the leading rider competition at the 2024-2025 Fair Grounds race meet and plans to return to New Orleans next year.