NEWS
12/21/2022
Record-Setting Irad Ortiz Jr. Ready for Championship Meet
Rider Set Single-Season Marks for Purse Earnings, Stakes Wins
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – With the 2022-2023 Championship Meet days away, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. is back at Gulfstream Park looking for a strong finish to what has been an historic, record-breaking season.
Ortiz, 30, arrived in South Florida in mid-December in a familiar position – leading all jockeys in North America in both wins and purses earned, having topped the 300-win mark for an eighth straight year.