![]() ![]() That turned out OK for everyone in the Belmont Stakes, as Prat rode Hot Rod Charlie to a close second behind Essential Quality. Hot Rod Charlie trainer Doug O’Neill said Prat and his agent “never wavered” about keeping their word. Jose Ortiz said Friday his brother was doing well, adding, “It could’ve been a lot worse.”ĭespite winning the Preakness aboard Rombauer, Prat honored a post-Kentucky Derby commitment to ride Hot Rod Charlie. Irad Ortiz was trampled and kicked in the head by the horse ridden by Jose after his fall but only required stitches on his left arm and head. Jose Ortiz won the first race with Wit ($2.90), the $400,000 Woody Stephens with Drain the Clock ($17) and the $500,000 Ogden Phipps with Letruska ($4.40).įlavien Prat replaced Irad Ortiz in the second race and won with Soft Power ($11.20), while Javier Castellano picked up and won with ($3.80) in $400,000 Acorn. Known Agenda finished fourth in the Belmont, won by 6-5 favorite Essential Quality. The jockeys who picked up the rides got hot horses, with five of them winning, including three guided by Ortiz's younger brother, Jose. Ortiz had to take off all 12 of his mounts because of his injuries, including a ride on Known Agenda in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. He calls it “the toughest loss of my life.NEW YORK (AP) - A nasty fall riding in a race earlier this week not only sidelined jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., it proved costly on Saturday's Belmont Stakes card. Repole's closest near-miss was Stay Thirsty finishing second in 2011. And now, 15 years later, I’m still looking." “I’ve probably said it 15 years ago when I had just entered the game and was winning claiming races that I’d rather win the Belmont than the Kentucky Derby. “There’s a hole in my resume, and it’s the Belmont Stakes,” Repole said. ![]() He and partners bought Overtook for $1 million in 2019 and hope he pulls off the upset. Mike Repole is worth a billion dollars and has won two Breeders' Cup races, but the New York native has never won his hometown Belmont Stakes. Any time you can get the respect of your peers on a day like that, it’s fantastic.”Įager to celebrate with someone Pletcher joked with reporters, “It would’ve been nice for you guys to bring some beers back there or something like that.” “I didn’t have any family there, so that was the closest thing to family. McCarthy got a big embrace from Pletcher after the Preakness, a race his former boss has yet to win. “You’re always looking for someone to celebrate with and share the emotions and share the experience with, so when you’re there by yourself, it’s just one of those things,” McCarthy said this week. McCarthy FaceTimed with his wife and daughter but is relieved they're with him in New York for the Belmont. Trainer Michael McCarthy got emotional after winning the Preakness with Rombauer in his first try in a Triple Crown race because his family wasn't in Baltimore with him to enjoy the moment. Jose Ortiz, Mike Smith and Javier Castellano are among the possibilities.Īsked if he'd like to replace his brother in the Belmont, Jose Ortiz said, “Yeah, of course.” Pletcher said a decision on a replacement won’t be made until Saturday. Irad Ortiz was scheduled to ride trainer Todd Pletcher's Known Agenda in the Belmont, looking for his second victory in the Triple Crown race. "As long as he was talking and was conscious and could feel his legs and arms, I was relieved.” “Relieved as soon as I would run down there and he said he was fine,” Jose Ortiz said. He was moving his extremities and talking to medical personnel and others on the track moments after the fall. Irad Ortiz underwent a CT scan, though it was not immediately clear if he suffered a head injury beyond the cut that required stitches. ![]()
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