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 ...

The summer meet is winding down at Saratoga Race Course, as tomorrow marks the final set of races. The featured race today was the Jockey Club Gold Cup, a $1,000,000 stakes for 3-year-olds and up. But ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Antiquarian won a wild $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course. A controversial race saw Mindframe, one of the favorites, lose jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. after ...

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, ...

Skip Dickstein, the longtime horse racing photographer for the Times Union, has been honored with the 2025 Media Eclipse Award for Photography for his photo of jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.’s harrowing fall ...

The 17-day Fall Meet at Keeneland ended Oct. 25. There were 22 stakes races run during the Fall Meet. The meet’s leading jockey was Irad Ortiz, Jr. and the leading trainer was Brad Cox. Another record ...

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 ...