IRAD ORTIZ PACO LOPEZ FULL

A second incident at Gulfstream Park led to Lopez being banned 60 days. The 30-day ban for causing Friday’s spill is consistent with the suspension jockey Paco Lopez received from Gulfstream Park stewards in 2019 for his role in a two-horse accident that left two riders injured. rode in his native Puerto Rico Sunday and had been named to ride at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. won three graded stakes on Saturday’s card and wrapped up the riding title for the fall meet. Stewards upheld the order of finish in both cases. On Saturday, his winning ride aboard Mo Donegal in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes survived a stewards inquiry and his win on Nest in the G2 Demoiselle faced an objection from jockey John Velazquez, who rode the second-place finisher Venti Valentine. Ortiz Jr.’s mount Gran Casique was disqualified from second and placed last after causing apprentice Omar Hernandez Moreno to be unseated from his mount, Ragtime Blues, in Friday’s eighth race. does not plan to appeal and will begin serving the ban this week after signing a waiver. received a 30 calendar- day suspension from the board of stewards at Aqueduct on Sunday for two careless riding incidents at the South Ozone Park, N.Y., track on Friday and Saturday, Daily Racing Form’s David Grening reported. The post Irad Ortiz Lined Up For 14 Mounts On ‘Long’ Florida Derby Day appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.Three-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. I’m happy to be able to enjoy the moment.” We came in a little late and we won a bunch of races, and we’re so happy. They gave me the horses and let me do my job. They supported me and without them nothing would be possible. “All the trainers and owners, they gave me the support. His nephew, Jay Rushing, really helped me, too,” Ortiz said. I enjoyed the weather and my agent, Steve Rushing, really helped me. Only three riders in track history have reached the 100-win mark: five-time champion and Hall of Famer Javier Castellano, two-time defending champion Luis Saez, and Paco Lopez. He enters the meet’s final weekend second in wins with 97 and third in purses earned with $4,470,911. 16, taking the My Charmer (G3) and Rampart (G3).

9, winning three stakes including the featured Clasico del Caribe, and Dec. New York’s leading rider in 20 who had dominated its winter circuit with younger brother, Jose, Ortiz didn’t start riding regularly at Gulfstream until Jan. “You have to stay positive and hopefully he can run his race.” “My horse is doing really good,” he said. It will be his first time aboard the multiple graded-stakes winner, trained by Jonathan Thomas. Ortiz will complete his day on Catholic Boy, the 7-2 third choice on the morning line in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1). I try to drink a lot of water and Gatorade, and just keep going.” They put me on them and I will ride them. “It’s going to be a long day,” Ortiz said. Ortiz’s stakes mounts include Therapist in the $150,000 Cutler Bay (Race 4), Ferdinanda in the $150,000 Sanibel Island (Race 5), Page McKenney in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Hardacre Mile (G2) (Race 8), On Leave in the $250,000 Honey Fox (G3) (Race 11), Princess Warrior in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) (Race 12), and Bullards Alley in the $250,000 Pan American (G2) (Race 13).

IRAD ORTIZ PACO LOPEZ FULL

Spending his first full winter in South Florida, the 25-year-old Ortiz will be aboard only one program favorite, Jane Cibelli-trained Ballyin in the second race, a 7 ½-furlong turf sprint for 3-year-old maiden fillies. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., the second-leading rider at the Championship Meet, will be a busy man on Saturday with mounts in all 14 races on Gulfstream’s spectacular stakes-filled Florida Derby Day program.

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