She was 2 1/2 lengths ahead of 19-1 shot Alms ($11.20, $6.40), while Shifty She - who had the lead entering the stretch - settled for third and paid $4.80. He was then clipped by one of the trailing horses and stayed on the ground for a. up, wins the Belmont Stakes against Skippylongstocking (2) with jockey Manuel Franco up, Nest (3) with jockey Jose Ortiz up, and We the People (1) with. Irad Ortiz was injured when his horse took an awkward step and he was unseated. Mo Donegal (6) with jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. with a 30-day suspension for careless riding stemming from incidents on both Friday and Saturday at Aqueduct. Jose Ortiz, Irad’s younger brother by a year, was named to ride Known Agenda in the 1-mile race. The New York stewards slapped jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Sent off at 4-5, Regal Glory returned $3.60, $2.80 and $2.40. On Saturday morning, Pletcher found his new rider by keeping it in the family.
In the inaugural running of the Grade 3, $500,000 Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf, heavily favored Regal Glory was pushed five wide in the early going and had to rally from deep in the pack for the win under jockey Jose Ortiz and for trainer Chad Brown. I really had no idea what to do, said horse. “I have to thank a lot of people … and Todd Pletcher for letting me ride the horse.” A third jockey who was dismounted in the incident, James Graham, broke his leg so severely that trainers were forced to perform emergency medical procedures on location and accidentally injected him with a lethal dose of the drug barbiturates, a drug that is commonly used to euthanize horses. “It was a tough month, obviously,” Ortiz said. He was diagnosed with a small fracture in his left knee earlier this month and was originally told that he might not be able to compete in the Pegasus races. Ortiz was emotional after winning the turf race for the third time in four years. “We needed everything to go exactly according to plan,” Pletcher said.
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