Jose L. Ortiz

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