Jose Ortiz boasts a 2018 best jockey ESPY on his resume. New York’s 2022 Kentucky Derby jockeys also included three-time Derby winner John Velazqeuz (riding Messier to a 15th-place finish) Luis Saez (Charge It, 17th) and Manny Franco (Zozos, 10th). Jose earned the same honor in 2017, and even boasts a 2018 best jockey ESPY on his resume. Irad won the Eclipse Award as America’s most outstanding jockey three straight years from 2018 to 2020. celebrates after riding Life Is Good to vicotry during the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar Race Track. “The Manning Brothers of horse racing,” as Jose’s agent, Jimmy Riccio of Monmouth Beach NJ, calls the Ortiz boys, have enjoyed a meteoric rise in the sport since moving to New York from Puerto Rico in 20, respectively. Check out the best Kentucky Derby betting sites.Read the Kentucky Derby 2022 Betting Guide.
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Learn how to bet on the Kentucky Derby online.Kentucky Derby 2022 Betting: Everything you need Both live in Hempstead, LI, with their wives and three children each. Jose, 28, who rode 40-1 shot Simplification, ranks No. Ortiz entered the Kentucky Derby the top-ranked jockey in North America, according to Equibase. I honestly feel like I have a very good shot.” I only know how to ride horses,” Irad Ortiz, 29, told The Post in between training laps at Churchill Downs this week, adding that his 8-1 odds thoroughbred, Mo Donegal, “is getting better at just the right time. and little brother Jose - the Manning brothers of horse racing - headlined a “generational” collection of seven hard-charging New York riders among the 20 running for the roses in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. Top-ranked Long Island jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Rich Strike wins 148th Kentucky Derby in stunning 80-1 upset
Certainly in the past 40 years no question this is the best we’ve ever seen,” said New York Racing Association (NYRA) and Fox Sports horse racing analyst Andy Serling before the Run for the Roses. “We may have the greatest jockey colony ever assembled. Rich Strike, a 80-1 long-shot who wasn’t even scheduled to run at Churchill Downs until Friday, captured the Derby crown in shocking fashion, just ahead of Epicenter, Zandon, Simplification and Mo Donegal – the next four horses jockeyed by Long Island riders Joel Rosario, Flavien Prat, a recent transplant from California, Jose Ortiz and brother Irad Ortiz Jr., respectively.Įpicenter entered the race the favored horse at 4 to 1 odds, but was edged out by Rich Strike’s shocking burst down the stretch. The winning thoroughbred was jockeyed by Sonny Leon who races out of Mahoning Valley, Ohio.Ī superfecta performance by New York riders, each based at Belmont Park, might have gone down as one of the crowning achievements in the history of horse racing - if not for the upset that shocked the sports world. My Old Kentucky Home felt a lot like New York, New York on Saturday – before an upset of monumental scope rewrote the tune at the 148th Kentucky Derby. Kentucky Derby winner not morning line favorite in Belmont This Day in New York Sports: Secretariat wins Triple Crown at Belmont Rich Strike highlights horse racing’s lack of diversity Belmont Stakes: Picks and predictions from New York Post’s experts
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