Jose L. Ortiz

FIRST U.S. WINNER

• March 13, 2012, on Country Green at Parx Racing

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

NEW YORK RIDING TITLES

• 2023 Belmont spring, 59 winners
• 2021 Belmont spring, 59
• 2021 Aqueduct spring, 24
• 2020 Belmont fall, 40
• 2019 Saratoga, 60
• 2017 Belmont spring/summer, 65
• 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

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Regular rider of 2015 Eclipse Female Sprint Champion La Verdad and 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Good Magic 
• Won back-to-back Angel Cordero, Jr. riding titles for the leading rider at Saratoga from 2016-17
• Won his first Breeders' Cup race in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf with Oscar Performance
• Eclipse Award in 2017 as Top Jockey, when he led the nation in earnings with more than $27 million
• Notched his first Triple Crown win aboard Tapwrit in the 2017 Belmont Stakes
• Won the 2022 Preakness Stakes with Early Voting