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Tracks
Featured Race: Race 1 Approx. Post Time: 12 40 PM (Dec 5)
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Cara's Chianti
1-1
2
Katerina Ristova
12-1
3
Paraiba Blue
8-1
4
My Daughters' Gift
15-1
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Tizallmine
15-1
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Autumn's Turn
6-5

Jose L. Ortiz

photo of Jose L. Ortiz
Birthdate: October 02, 1993
Birthplace: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
Height: 5 feet, 7 inches
Weight: 112 pounds

NEW YORK RIDING TITLES

  • 2017 Belmont spring/summer, 65 winners
  • 2017 Saratoga, 58
  • 2016 Saratoga, 65 
  • 2016 Belmont spring/summer, 78 
  • 2016 Aqueduct spring, 37
  • 2015-16 Aqueduct Inner track, 45 
  • 2014-15 Aqueduct inner track, 77 
  • 2014 Aqueduct spring

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Eclipse Award in 2017 as Top Jockey, when he led the nation in earnings with more than $27 million
  • Won back-to-back Angel Cordero, Jr. riding titles for the leading rider at Saratoga from 2016-17
  • Regular rider of 2015 Eclipse Female Sprint Champion La Verdad and 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic 
  • Notched his first Triple Crown win aboard Tapwrit in the 2017 Belmont Stakes

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

  • Like his older brother Irad, Ortiz began riding at Hipodromo Camarero in Puerto Rico
  • Came to the United States in late 2011 and after several months at Parx Racing, he followed his brother to New York and won with his first mount, Corofin, on March 21, 2012

FIRST U.S. WINNER

  • Country Green, March 13, 2012, Parx Racing

All-Time NYRA Career Stats

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
11689 2201 1960 1610 $168,343,980.00

Recent Years

Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2025 307 69 51 39 $7,171,335.00
2023 724 154 132 106 $13,571,286.00
2022 686 112 102 93 $11,870,079.00
2021 913 185 143 135 $15,271,423.00
2020 707 142 139 95 $9,599,408.00
2019 702 137 127 100 $12,797,702.00
2018 702 123 121 105 $12,311,101.00
2017 935 181 172 144 $16,324,653.00
2016 1412 318 214 202 $19,988,721.00
2015 1282 238 237 170 $15,474,254.00
2014 1252 230 208 178 $15,392,427.00
2013 1336 211 220 152 $11,942,443.00
2012 532 67 70 56 $2,644,131.00
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