His most recent graded stakes score came in the Longines Kentucky Oaks earlier this month aboard Secret Oath. In total, Saez has won nearly 3,000 races including more than 150 victories in graded stakes. Last year, he piloted Essential Quality to a victory in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, which was Saez’ first official win in a Triple Crown race (he crossed the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby before his horse Maximum Security was disqualified). In 2020, he won his first Breeders’ Cup race when he captured the TVG Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance aboard Essential Quality. He has finished in the top three in wins and purse earnings for jockeys nationally each of the past two years. Luis Saez turns 30 years old May 19 and his resume reads like that of a jockey who has been riding for a much longer period of time. Either way, Rosario and Epicenter look imposing coming into the Preakness and will be tough to beat on Saturday. Were it not for 80-1 shot Rich Strike getting up in the final strides of the Derby, Epicenter might’ve found himself the center of national attention. This year, he’ll be on the prohibitive favorite in Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter.
Rosario has three times finished second in the Preakness and has only finished outside of the top four in two of his seven starts in the race. That’s not to say he hasn’t come close to capturing the second leg of the Triple Crown. The only American classic missing from his 3,300-plus win resume is the Preakness Stakes. Joel Rosario has won the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes (twice) and 15 Breeders’ Cup World Championships races. After being soundly defeated in the San Felipe Stakes and Runhappy Santa Anita Derby, Armagnac cruised to a powerful victory against lesser competition on May 8.īest finish: Second in 2014 (Ride On Curlin), 2015 (Tale of Verve), and 2019 (Everfast) If he’s going to add a Preakness win to his resume this year, Ortiz will have to do it aboard Armagnac.
At just 29 years old, Ortiz already has 14 wins at the Breeders’ Cup and a Belmont Stakes victory (Creator, 2016).
He currently leads all riders in wins and earnings in 2022 through May 15. That represented one of the few misses in recent years for Ortiz who won three consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding jockey from 2018 to 2020. He was aboard Midnight Bourbon when the horse finished second to a late-charging Rombauer. was about to win his first Preakness Stakes. In the Wood Memorial Presented by Resorts World Casino in April, Skippylongstocking finished third behind Mo Donegal and fellow Preakness challenger Early Voting.īest finish: Second in 2021 ( Midnight Bourbon)įor a moment during last year’s running of the race, it appeared that Irad Ortiz Jr. He’ll ride Skippylongstocking in the Preakness for Florida-based trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. He’s continued that success in recent years in both New York and again in Florida. in South Florida in 2007 before moving on to Chicago where he’d become a leading rider. Alvarado has three times ranked in the top 10 in national earnings among jockeys and he has captured more than 85 graded stakes wins. Despite the limited opportunities in the Preakness, Alvarado has been extremely successful in the years since he rode his first Preakness in 2012. It has been a decade between starts in the Preakness Stakes for Junior Alvarado and this year’s Preakness falls the day after the jockey’s 36th birthday. His 2022 Preakness horse: Skippylongstocking Suspended Five Days By Gulfstream Stewards appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.Best finish: Finished fourth in 2012 (Zetterholm) Ortiz served a 30-day suspension during most of December for his actions in a pair of races at Aqueduct. On Thursday, Ortiz won his 3,000th career race in North America (excluding 95 wins in his native Puerto Rico). Stewards placed Wicked Fast and Ortiz second.ĭeclining his right to appeal, Ortiz' suspension will begin on March 2 and conclude on March 9, allowing the jockey to ride in the designated stakes races on the March 5 card at Gulfstream (include the G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes). 18, in which Wicked Fast bumped with the runner-up at the eighth pole prior to crossing the wire first by a neck. The rider was also disqualified from first in the seventh race on Feb.
Prior to crossing the finish line first, Princess Cupid drifted out under left-handed urging to interfere with eventual third-place finisher Muguruza Ortiz and Princess Cupid were disqualified from first and placed third. was handed a five-day suspension by Gulfstream Park stewards for his ride aboard Princess Cupid in Wednesday's sixth race, reports the Daily Racing Form. Three-time champion jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr.
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