Sunday was a scary day at the Saratoga Race Course. In the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the meet's leading rider, Irad Ortiz jr., suffered one of the craziest falls imaginable. Ortiz fell off his ...

The Arbor Hill Elementary School community is mourning after a student died Saturday night while attempting a dangerous social media challenge. Officials with the school said in a letter to the ...

After a frightening fall from second choice Mindframe in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Sunday at Saratoga Race Course and subsequent a trip to the hospital, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. said Monday via a ...

Jockey guided three winners at the Breeders' Cup World Championships and landed the award for most winners at the two-day event ...

Irad Ortiz, Jr. returned to the saddle on Thursday, Sept. 4, at Kentucky Downs, four days after a scary spill in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup. The leading rider at the 2025 Saratoga meet was named ...

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., trainer Brad Cox, and owner Spendthrift Farm topped their respective categories by victories. Ortiz, who earned his second title as Keeneland’s leading rider, had 25 wins, ...

Wathnan Racing’s Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Hit Show returned to Keeneland to score his second consecutive $350,000 Hagyard Fayette (G3) victory on Saturday’s closing day of the Fall Meet. Ridden by ...

Irad Ortiz Jr., who has won five Eclipse Awards and led the nation in earnings five times, as well as leading North America's jockey standings by races won every year since 2017, has moved his tack ...

Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode three winners over the two-day 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championships, won the 23rd Bill Shoemaker Award as the outstanding jockey for the marquee event at Del Mar. It is the ...