![]() ![]() earned another riding title with 29 wins as the 25-day fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack concluded following Sundays live race card. ![]() A replacement rider has not yet been named. Chad Brown led all trainers with 17 victories and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. was sent to a local hospital Thursday after he was unseated in the stretch of the fifth race at Belmont Park and clipped by a trailing horse. was set to ride Known Agenda in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. and ultimately needed to be stretchered off the track. Ortiz was thrown off a horse during a race Thursday at Belmont Park and then trampled by the horse being ridden by his younger brother, Jose. First post on Friday’s card, which features the Grade 3, 150,000 Turnback the Alarm, is 11:35 a.m. is out of the Belmont Stakes after a scary fall while racing but seems to have escaped long-term injury. hit the dirt, he was then kicked in the head by a trailing horse. Live racing resumes on Friday for Opening Day of the 29-day Aqueduct fall meet, which offers 33 stakes worth a total of 6.375 million, and is highlighted by the Grade 1, 750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap on Saturday, December 3. Chad Brown registered 29 wins to earn his 10th consecutive title at the recently concluded Belmont Park fall meet, while Irad Ortiz, Jr. his horse stumbled and bucked the rider to the ground. It's all quite frankly incredible, given just how gnarly the accident was.įootage from the track showed as Ortiz Jr. but is expected to make a full recovery in a matter of days. ![]() needed 6 stitches in his head and 5 in his arm. The Peruto Rican born Ortiz came from a family of jockeys and graduated from Escuela Vocacional Hipica. Laurel Park hosts the Jim McKay Maryland Million day each fall since 1987. "I told him I don’t know what brand of helmet you have, but make sure you get another one." Irad Ortiz is currently scheduled to ride #6 Known Agenda in the Frankie 'WHISPERS' Fantasy□□⚾️□□□□ J said he felt better today, than he did last night," Rushing told Daily Racing Form. Thoughts & □ for after getting thrown off his mount today at Belmont Park in the 5th race. ![]()
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