Ortiz Jr Irad

Starts

8790

1st

1994

2nd

1604

3rd

1323

Win %

23%

Show %

56%

$2 ROI

$1.60

DHP

Great

Surfaces

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Turf 4033 889 739 582 22% 55% $1.61 Great
Dirt 4281 976 775 669 23% 57% $1.57 Great
All Weather Track 476 129 90 72 27% 61% $1.71 Great

Conditions

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Turf - Yeilding 133 31 27 19 23% 58% $1.89 Great
Dirt - Good 821 190 141 128 23% 56% $1.45 Great
Dirt - Fast 3929 905 718 604 23% 57% $1.59 Great
Turf - Firm 3261 713 603 469 22% 55% $1.62 Great
Dirt - Sloppy 419 108 74 70 26% 60% $1.73 Great
Dirt - Wet Fast 15 5 2 3 33% 67% $1.68 Great
Dirt - Muddy 187 36 33 27 19% 51% $1.59 Good
Turf - Soft 25 6 6 3 24% 60% $1.42 Great

Posts

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
1-3 3359 836 628 540 25% 60% $1.65 Great
4-6 3240 734 607 498 23% 57% $1.61 Great
7-9 1737 342 298 246 20% 51% $1.48 Good
10-12 438 77 70 38 18% 42% $1.47 Poor
13+ 16 5 1 1 31% 44% $5.44 Poor

Distances

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
5 Furlongs 536 143 109 82 27% 62% $1.63 Great
5.5-6 Furlongs 2214 472 361 325 21% 52% $1.50 Great
6.5-7 Furlongs 1404 302 253 226 22% 56% $1.60 Great
1 Mile 1934 449 366 288 23% 57% $1.63 Great
1 1/16 Mile 2263 526 439 346 23% 58% $1.65 Great
1 1/8 Mile and Over 439 102 76 56 23% 53% $1.65 Great

Tracks

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Belmont Park 1887 407 350 272 22% 55% $1.44 Great
Saratoga 1868 366 327 313 20% 54% $1.54 Great
Aqueduct 662 159 120 97 24% 57% $1.60 Great
Gulfstream Park 2931 760 563 433 26% 60% $1.70 Great
Parx Racing 57 15 6 6 26% 47% $2.65 Good
Keeneland 392 69 68 66 18% 52% $1.50 Good
Charles Town 6 3 0 1 50% 67% $1.87 Great
Churchill Downs 142 25 24 22 18% 50% $1.87 Avg
Pimlico 76 11 15 12 14% 50% $0.83 Avg
Penn National 16 3 3 2 19% 50% $0.46 Good
Thistledown 8 3 2 1 38% 75% $1.47 Great
Monmouth Park 11 1 2 1 9% 36% $0.27 Poor
Arlington 9 4 2 0 44% 67% $3.56 Great
Woodbine 16 4 3 2 25% 56% $3.49 Good
Del Mar 59 13 11 2 22% 44% $1.83 Avg
Santa Anita Park 65 14 10 7 22% 48% $1.78 Good
Tampa Bay Downs 40 11 5 6 28% 55% $1.35 Great
Fair Grounds 22 6 5 1 27% 55% $1.94 Good
Mahoning Valley Race Course 7 2 0 1 29% 43% $2.20 Good
Oaklawn Park 17 4 4 3 24% 65% $3.28 Great
Laurel Park 5 1 1 0 20% 40% $0.60 Good
Turfway Park 18 5 4 2 28% 61% $2.09 Great
Delaware Park 3 1 1 0 33% 67% $0.80  - 
Kentucky Downs 142 21 21 26 15% 48% $1.28 Avg
Zia Park 5 3 2 0 60% 100% $2.14 Great
Indiana Downs 7 2 2 1 29% 71% $0.89 Great
Colonial Downs 18 10 2 3 56% 83% $4.21 Great
Belmont At The Big A 298 71 50 42 24% 55% $1.78 Great
Finger Lakes 3 0 1 1 0% 67% $0.00  - 

Race Types

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Allowance 1102 222 200 161 20% 53% $1.59 Great
Maiden 2886 626 509 429 22% 54% $1.50 Great
Claiming 3105 764 591 499 25% 60% $1.63 Great
Stake 1697 382 304 234 23% 54% $1.71 Great

More Details

Primary Tracks: Gulfstream Park, Saratoga, Belmont, Aqueduct, Keeneland

 

Irad has become the most dominant rider in North America. Born in Puerto Rico he idolized Angel Cordero who was also from his home nation. In 2011 he began his riding career and quickly was offered a chance to ride in New York. It took him only a week to get his first winner.

  

Only a year into his riding career he earned his first grade 1 victory at Saratoga, one of the premier meets in the country. By 2013 he was already ranking in the top 5 jockeys in North America and won his first meet title at Aqueduct.

 

Since 2015 Irad has won at least 20 graded stakes races and finished as the top jockey in North American earnings every year since 2018. What makes Irad special is his ability to win on both dirt and turf at long and short distance. His excellence at all surfaces and distances make him truly unique against any jockey colony in the country.

 

He often competes against his brother Jose L. Ortiz who also races on the same circuits as Irad.

 

Accomplishments


Irad has won many of the major stakes races across the country including the Alabama, the Carter Handicap, the Whitney, the Pegasus Turf, the Florida Derby, and the Pegasus World Cup. He is also a 13 time Breeder’s Cup Champion spanning over 9 of the 14 divisions in the series.

 

While his list of graded stakes wins is over 190 races long, he has earned just 1 Triple Crown series victory riding Creator to a win in the Belmont Stakes.

 

Irad won the Eclipse Award for outstanding jockey in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

 

Top Trainers: Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher, Michael Maker, Wesley Ward, Saffie Joseph

 

Top 5 Career Horses in Earnings: Bricks and Mortar, Vino Rosso, Mucho Gusto, Lady Eli, Diversify