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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
11382	2132	1909	1571	$161,172,645.00

Recent Years

Year	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
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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