Report: Irad Ortiz, Rosario are suspended for 3 days at Saratoga (2024)

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Why was Irad Ortiz suspended at Saratoga? ›

Ortiz recently was suspended three days at Saratoga Race Course for a “careless riding” foul that did result in the disqualification of his mount from a July 27 win.

Ortiz was suspended three days for careless riding in a race June 11 at Belmont.

Explainer: Jockey Joel Rosario is suspended for 1 additional racing day (February 25, 2024) pursuant California Horse Racing Board rule #1766(g) (Designated Races–participated in designated races out of state on February 18, 2024).

Leading jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. has been suspended three days for his ride on Goodnight Olive in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. He is already serving a different suspension for careless riding and will begin this one after that one finishes.

A postrace drug test found traces of betamethasone in Medina Spirit, and the horse ultimately was disqualified as the Kentucky Derby winner. Churchill Downs suspended Baffert two years and last summer added another year to the suspension, which will run through the 2024 calendar year.

Jockey Ray Dawson banned after snorting 'eight or nine lines' of cocaine the night before riding. Jockey Ray Dawson has been banned for six months after admitting to snorting 'eight or nine' lines of cocaine in a pub the night before taking five rides at Bath in August.

Chad Brown has selected Irad Ortiz Jr. to ride his GIII Tampa Bay Derby winner Domestic Product (Practical Joke) in this year's GI Kentucky Derby.

Irad Ortiz, Jr., who rides long shot Uncle Heavy for the first time ever in the Preakness Stakes, is one of the highest-profile jockeys in the world. He is the current North American earnings leader for 2024, and he has won the Eclipse Award for outstanding jockey in five of the last six years.

Twins prospect Eddie Rosario suspended 50 games for violating drug policy. D.J.

Leading rider Joel Rosario will be out of action for 6 weeks following the spill he took yesterday which resulted in a broken left foot.

Who owns Track Phantom Horse? ›

Hot Springs native and successful Oaklawn-based owner Jerry Caroom is a partner on that Authentic filly and is also in on Track Phantom. Track Phantom's ownership group also includes Clark Brewster, another Levinson family friend from Tulsa, and the colt's breeder, Breeze Easy LLC.

“I took a routine blood test after changing insurance,” the South Florida resident explained to Saratoga Report in that interview. “The results were catastrophically bad and I went directly to the hospital for kidney failure.”

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