Hopefully, you get a good head start on the meet.”Ĭongrats #BelmontPark meet leaders and Klaravich Stables ?| /VeocuGUjzq If you are winning or running second or third with good horses here, they come back in races up there and you’re going to ride them. But it’s always good to have success here to get that momentum for Saratoga. “I wanted to win it, but I can only control what I can control. We all know Irad was out for some time,” Jose Ortiz said. The Ogden Phipps and Woody Stephens came on the Belmont Stakes undercard. His signature wins came with Letruska in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps, with Drain the Clock in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, and with Firenze Fire in the Grade 2 True North. Jose Ortiz went 59-57-46 in 279 races, earning $4.93 million with that 21.2 winning percentage. Earlier, Irad Ortiz missed two weeks - including Belmont Stakes Saturday - after a June 3 spill sent him to the hospital.Įven then, Jose Ortiz beat his brother by only two victories – both of which came on Sunday. Irad Ortiz spent the last three days of the meet on the sidelines after a suspension. Ortiz capitalized on the misfortune of his brother, Irad Ortiz Jr., to snatch the jockey title. Exiting the meet, we were able to still win a lot of meaningful races, and it looks like the horses are nice and healthy heading up to Saratoga.” Jose Ortiz steals riding title from his brotherĬhristophe Clement, who enjoyed an excellent meet with 27 winners, finished second. We really just focused on getting through the meet and getting the horses healthy. We had a bad virus run through the barn and that really hampered us from winning more races.
“It takes a lot of good horses, loyal and patient owners, and of course, the team,” Brown told the New York Racing Association. Domestic Spending won the Manhattan Stakes and took the Acorn. Two Brown/Klaravich horses brought home Grade 1 titles on the Belmont Stakes undercard. That’s a 20.6% win rate and 58.7% in-the-money clip, one that brought home $3.68 million in earnings. This year, he went 32-29-30 in 155 starts. The four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer holds a hammerlock on the Belmont Park spring title, which he’s owned since 2016. And Brown’s leading client, Klaravich Stables, took the owner’s title with 11 wins. Jose Ortiz captured the riding title, piloting 59 winners. (Image: NYRA/Coglianese Photo)īrown clinched the Belmont Park Spring/Summer Meet training title for the sixth consecutive year, racking up 32 victories over the 48-day meet that ended Sunday. Chad Brown can afford to smile after winning his sixth consecutive Belmont Park Spring/Summer Meet training title. Belmont Park continues to be Chad Brown’s world and the rest of the New York horse racing community is merely living in it.