“I’ve probably said it 15 years ago when I had just entered the game and was winning claiming races that I’d rather win the Belmont than the Kentucky Derby. “There’s a hole in my resume, and it’s the Belmont Stakes,” Repole said. He and partners bought Overtook for $1 million in 2019 and hope he pulls off the upset. Mike Repole is worth a billion dollars and has won two Breeders’ Cup races, but the New York native never has won his hometown Belmont Stakes. Any time you can get the respect of your peers on a day like that, it’s fantastic.”Įager to celebrate with someone, Pletcher joked with reporters, “It would’ve been nice for you guys to bring some beers back there or something like that.” “I didn’t have any family there, so that was the closest thing to family. McCarthy got a big embrace from Pletcher after the Preakness, a race his former boss has yet to win. “You’re always looking for someone to celebrate with and share the emotions and share the experience with, so when you’re there by yourself, it’s just one of those things,” McCarthy said this week. McCarthy FaceTimed with his wife and daughter but is relieved they’re with him in New York for the Belmont. Trainer Michael McCarthy got emotional after winning the Preakness with Rombauer in his first try in a Triple Crown race because his family wasn’t in Baltimore with him to enjoy the moment. Jose Ortiz, Mike Smith and Javier Castellano are among the possibilities.Īsked if he’d like to replace his brother in the Belmont, Jose Ortiz said, “Yeah, of course.” Pletcher said a decision on a replacement won’t be made until Saturday. Irad Ortiz was scheduled to ride trainer Todd Pletcher’s Known Agenda in the Belmont, looking for his second victory in the Triple Crown race. “As long as he was talking and was conscious and could feel his legs and arms, I was relieved.” “Relieved as soon as I would run down there, and he said he was fine,” Jose Ortiz said. He was moving his extremities and talking to medical personnel and others on the track moments after the fall. Irad Ortiz underwent a CT scan, though it was not immediately clear if he suffered a head injury beyond the cut that required stitches. Jose on Thursday night tweeted a photo of his older brother with a bandage around his left wrist and a message indicating Irad’s X-rays were negative and that he would be back in a couple of weeks. “He got four stitches on his arm and six on his head, but he’s doing, really, really good. “It didn’t look very good at all,” Jose Ortiz told the Associated Press on Friday. Irad Ortiz was taken off the track on a stretcher and then to a local hospital before being released. Ortiz was thrown off a horse during a race Thursday at Belmont Park and then trampled by the horse being ridden by younger brother Jose.

is out of the Belmont Stakes after a scary fall while racing but seems to have escaped long-term injury.

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