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110-00 Rockaway Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11420
Tracks
Featured Race: Race 1 Approx. Post Time: 12 20 PM (Dec 10)
1
Rudy Rudy Rudy
8-5
1A
Wise Conversation
8-5
2
Raleigh St. Clair
9-2
3
Noble One
8-1
4
Mighty Glory
5-2
5
Baroness Bourbon
7-2
6
Max S
10-1

Jose L. Ortiz

photo of Jose L. Ortiz
Birthdate: October 02, 1993
Birthplace: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
Height: 5 feet, 7 inches
Weight: 112 pounds

NEW YORK RIDING TITLES

  • 2017 Belmont spring/summer, 65 winners
  • 2017 Saratoga, 58
  • 2016 Saratoga, 65 
  • 2016 Belmont spring/summer, 78 
  • 2016 Aqueduct spring, 37
  • 2015-16 Aqueduct Inner track, 45 
  • 2014-15 Aqueduct inner track, 77 
  • 2014 Aqueduct spring

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Eclipse Award in 2017 as Top Jockey, when he led the nation in earnings with more than $27 million
  • Won back-to-back Angel Cordero, Jr. riding titles for the leading rider at Saratoga from 2016-17
  • Regular rider of 2015 Eclipse Female Sprint Champion La Verdad and 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic 
  • Notched his first Triple Crown win aboard Tapwrit in the 2017 Belmont Stakes

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

  • Like his older brother Irad, Ortiz began riding at Hipodromo Camarero in Puerto Rico
  • Came to the United States in late 2011 and after several months at Parx Racing, he followed his brother to New York and won with his first mount, Corofin, on March 21, 2012

FIRST U.S. WINNER

  • Country Green, March 13, 2012, Parx Racing

NYRA Career Stats

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
14421 2569 2342 1928 $206,655,671.00

Recent Years

Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2023 1344 238 229 196 $21,846,701.00
2019 1418 269 241 199 $26,215,053
2018 1024 169 166 142 $17,457,446
2017 973 181 172 144 $16,324,653
2016 1480 318 214 202 $19,988,721
2015 1370 238 237 170 $15,474,254
2014 1287 230 208 178 $15,392,427
2013 1398 211 220 152 $11,942,443
2012 563 67 70 56 $2,644,131
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