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by Keith McCalmont
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., leading rider at the Big A fall meet, rode five winners on Monday's Veterans Day card, including a sweep of the Late Pick 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Ortiz, Jr., who was recently named the winner of the 17th Bill Shoemaker Award, given annually to the most outstanding jockey at the Breeders' Cup World Championships, enjoyed his first five-win day since accomplishing the feat on July 31 at Saratoga Race Course.
The rider picked up his first of two wins for trainer Chad Brown on the card when he guided first time starter Customerexperience to victory in the day's second race for owner Klaravich Stables. In Race 6, Ortiz, Jr. propelled Willing to Speed to a rallying score in a 1 1/16-mile claiming tilt for trainer John Kimmel and owner Unadilla Stable.
Ortiz, Jr. added a second score for Brown when he captured a nine-furlong maiden route with Paul Pompa, Jr.'s Country Grammer to kick off the Late Pick 3 in Race 8.
In Race 9, Classic Lady carried Ortiz, Jr. to a sharp score in a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for trainer Jorge Abreu and owners Michael Dubb and Bethlehem Stables. He completed his sweep of the card's final three races with Newtown Anner Stud Farm's Pins and Needles for trainer Kelsey Danner.
The all Ortiz, Jr. Late Pick 3 [7-3-5] returned $183 for a $1 ticket.
The spectacular day saw Ortiz, Jr. increase his leading win total to 13 for the fall meet.
Live racing resumes on Thursday at the Big A with a 9-race card. First post is 12:20 p.m. Eastern.
Mary Eddy
NY Final Furlong Racing Stable and SunsetRidge Racing Stable’s New York-bred stakes-winner Stone Smuggler will look to regroup from a third-place effort in the state-bred Key Cents when taking on 11 rivals in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
Lady Sheila Stable, Net Birdie and Schwing Thoroughbreds’ Sacrosanct is 3-for-3 with two stakes wins and seeks his biggest prize to date in Saturday’s $500,000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible state-sired juveniles, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
Trainer Joseph Lee has been around the globe as an assistant, but now, as a head trainer, he will send out May Day Ready in the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on Sunday at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan.
Mary Eddy
LNJ Foxwoods’ Kentucky homebred Ellen Jay will switch back to the main track for Sunday’s $135,000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Christian Abdo
KimDon Racing’s Tizzy in the Sky has four career wins, all at the Big A, and returns to the historic site for Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Go for Wand, a one-mile test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Mary Eddy
Shadwell Stable’s undefeated Muhimma will make her graded stakes debut in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle, a nine-furlong route for juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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