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Irad Ortiz Jr. cemented his status as meet-leading rider with three wins, including two stakes scores, on Empire Showcase Day, a special 10-race card for New York-breds Sunday on closing day of the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.
"Empire Showcase Day reflects the quality, popularity and continued growth of the New York-bred program,” said Najja Thompson
Horse prevails by 3 1/2 lengths over City Man.
Trainer Chad Brown clinched his fifth H. Allen Jerkens Award for leading trainer at Saratoga Race Course and secured his 12th stakes triumph of the summer meet when saddling Emaraaty to his first graded win in $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (G3) on Monday, closing day at the upstate New York track.
Owner Dean Reeves is looking to end the Saratoga Race Course meet the same way he started it: with a Grade 3 victory with multiple stakes-winner City Man.