![]() Angel of Empire and Tapit Trice are co-favorites with 9-2 odds as of Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Making the case: Here's why your horse can - or can't - win Kentucky Derbyįive horses have scratched since Thursday, leaving the Derby with 18 contenders. Kentucky Derby 2023 live updates: Latest on field, odds and highlights from Churchill Downsįavorite out: Forte, the 2023 Kentucky Derby favorite, scratched 10 hours before race Ortiz won the Belmont Stakes twice (20) and has four Eclipse Awards. He's 0 for 6 all-time in the Kentucky Derby, his best finish coming with Improbable, who was fourth in 2019. ![]() But what he accomplished in 2022 en route to being named the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey begs the question of what. The 30-year-old jockey currently ranks first among North American jockeys this year in victories (150) and purse earnings ($11.2 million). Irad Ortiz Jr.'s career has been one filled with superlatives. ![]() Cyclone Mischief, one of three also-eligible horses, made the race after Practical Move scratched from the Derby due to an elevated temperature Thursday. Hes won both the Preakness Stakes (2022, with Early Voting ) and the Belmont Stakes. Not long after his original mount, 2023 Kentucky Derby favorite Forte, scratched about 10 hours before the race, Ortiz has found a new horse in Cyclone Mischief.Ĭyclone Mischief had yet to have a confirmed jockey until Ortiz. The younger brother of fellow Derby jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., Jose Ortiz is no stranger to big stages himself. still has a chance to win his first Kentucky Derby. Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.LOUISVILLE, Ky. is a great rider but he needs to reflect on his tactics going forward.” “Upon reflection, and further viewing, I think there should have been a DQ in the Remsen. “Aggressive riding is one thing but constantly riding the edge, and sometimes crossing it, is another,” NYRA's Andy Serling wrote on Twitter after the Remsen. Social media took notice of the rides by Ortiz, who is often accused of “herding” other riders. Crossing the wire a nose in front of Zandon ( Upstart), he came over, bumped with that rival in deep stretch and put him in tight quarters. Saturday at Aqueduct, which he won with Mo Donegal ( Uncle Mo), also resulted in controversy. Irad Ortiz won three races on the Camerero card. He was not at Aqueduct Sunday and was instead was riding at Hipodromo Camerero in his native Puerto Rico, as was his brother, Jose. The suspension came on the same day that Ortiz wrapped up the riding title at the 15-day Aqueduct fall meet with 21 wins from 76 mounts. David Grening of the Daily Racing Form reported that Ortiz will not appeal the ruling. ![]() The stewards apparently agreed with the chart caller, handing Ortiz a suspension that went well beyond the normal five or seven-day penalty usually given to jockeys for careless riding.Ĭalls to Ortiz's agent Steve Rushing were not returned Sunday. Gran Casique was disqualified and placed last. The infraction was so egregious that the Equibase chart caller wrote: “Gran Casique angled in with reckless abandon and bumped Ragtime Blues at the five-eighths and bumped him hard which caused that foe to lose his rider…” Moreno was not seriously hurt. McKenna said the suspension would begin “some time this week.”Īboard Gran Casique, Ortiz came over several paths toward the rail on the run down the backstretch and cut off Ragtime Blues ( Union Rags) and apprentice jockey Omar Hernandez Moreno. News of the suspension was confirmed late Sunday by NYRA spokesman Pat McKenna. has been handed a 30-day suspension by the Aqueduct stewards for his ride aboard Gran Casique (Algorithms) in the eighth race on Friday. ![]()
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