![]() It’ll be up to the trainers to decide if he is able to give their horse the best chance to Win. ![]() Irad is very competitive- as are most of the upper echelon of riders, so he’s going to ride no matter what. Point being, what if the knee/leg aren’t at full strength? Lower body strength for a jockey is a huge factor in keeping a horse under control, and pushing through seams on the racetrack. suspended from racing in England Angel Aponte 17 June, 2022 The authorities of the Royal Ascot Racecourse, England, applied a five-day sanction to the Puerto Rican jockey Irad Ortiz for the alleged dangerous driving with the filly Love Reighns in one of the selections of the short season of the English circuit. His aggressiveness and tenacity are just a couple of traits that make him a great jockey- as well as get him suspended. Horseplayers should keep an eye on Irad and his rides this weekend. We pictured him as a modern-day Red Pollard aboard SEABISQUIT, strapping and bracing his leg in any way necessary, just to be able to ride. We at the Daily Racing Blog suspected all along that Ortiz would be back in the saddle for the big money races on Pegasus Day. Trainer Todd Pletcher has said Ortiz would retain those mounts if all goes well this weekend. Ortiz is signed on to ride Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Winner LIFE IS GOOD in the Pegasus World Cup on January 29th, as well as defending Winner COLONEL LIAM in the Pegasus Turf. Thursday, January 6th was the first day Ortiz had ridden since his 30-day NYRA suspension for his actions in a pair of races at Aqueduct Park. “Irad said he felt great this morning,” the jockey’s agent Steve Rushing said “He’s going to start back on Saturday, only ride a couple each day this weekend, and gradually get back to a full card starting next week.” Not sure how one gets a second opinion of an x-ray showing a fracture…but we digress. The injury was initially diagnosed as a fracture and expected to keep Ortiz from riding for up to a month, but a second opinion has cleared the jockey for a gradual return to riding races. will return to the irons this weekend at Gulfstream Park, after missing two weeks due to a knee injury suffered in the starting gate at Gulfstream on January 7th. Epicenter has been installed as the morning-line favorite for the 1.25 million Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course as he.
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