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Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. injured, hospitalised at Saratoga
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. suffered a left ankle injury before the eighth race at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday and was taken to Saratoga Hospital for evaluation. The New York Racing Association…
The Story in Brief
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. suffered a left ankle injury before the eighth race at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday and was taken to Saratoga Hospital for evaluation. The New York Racing Association confirmed he would miss the rest of the card.
Ortiz was scheduled to ride And The Runner Is, which became fractious before the race. He was also pulled from White Abarrio in the $1 million Whitney Stakes and Rhetorical in the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes. The exact extent of the injury was not immediately known.
The Indian Opinion
Social media chatter frames this as a routine racing mishap, but the stakes are real: Ortiz was the leading rider on Saratoga's biggest day. The true test isn't the fall but the hospital's verdict. If his ankle is fractured, the ripple effects on the Breeders' Cup mounts could be severe. How many weeks will he need to heal?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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