![]() Ortiz is coming off his second riding title at Saratoga. His 216 victories - which include a victory on Tapwrit in the Belmont Stakes - have him ranked fourth nationally. was placed on a flat board and transported to a hospital via ambulance following a spill in Thursday's fifth race at Belmont Park, according to NYRA analyst. Ortiz is the leading jockey in purse money won this year with $21 million. Ortiz is the regular rider of Oscar Performance, who could be the favorite in the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont on Sept. Ortiz was also named to ride Overture in the $300,000 Charles Town Oaks on Saturday night at Charles Town. On Saturday, he was named to ride Lockdown in the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes at Parx and Petrov, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, in the $300,000 Gallant Bob, also at Parx. NEW YORK (AP) A nasty fall riding in a race earlier this week not only sidelined jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., it proved costly on Saturdays Belmont Stakes card. Ortiz was named to ride six races at Belmont on Thursday and nine on Friday. Riccio said Ortiz would seek to schedule his MRI on Thursday or Friday. Ortiz was expected to be released from North Shore University Hospital Wednesday night. ![]() Ortiz was complaining of pain to his knee and it was determined that he go to a local hospital for X-rays. He was helped off the course by emergency medical technicians and was transported back to the track's First Aid room by ambulance. Ortiz landed awkwardly on the turf course. Submit, a 3-year-old filly trained by Christophe Clement, suffered a fractured left front cannon bone and had to be euthanized on track. Ortiz was injured when his mount, Submit, broke down in midstretch of Wednesday's ninth race at Belmont. 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. He's not going to ride the rest of the week." "It could be just soreness but we won't know until we get the MRI. "He had a hard time putting weight on it when the doctor told him to," Riccio said. 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. The good news is X-rays taken on Ortiz's left knee did not reveal any fractures. 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. The extent of the injury will not be known until Ortiz gets an MRI, his agent, Jim Riccio Jr., said Wednesday night. Jockey Jose Ortiz will take off his scheduled mounts Thursday through the weekend as a result of a knee injury sustained in a spill Wednesday at Belmont Park. is inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., his ride aboard Gran Casique i.
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