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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
Over the last four and a half years, there isn’t much that jockey Victor Carrasco and Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker haven’t done together.The Eclipse Award winner as champion apprentice of 2013 was up when Cordmaker, a chestnut son of two-time Horse of the Year and 2014 Hall of Famer Curlin, ran third in his Aug. 19, 2017, debut at Laurel Park in Maryland.Carrasco, 29, will be back aboard for the 25th time and 10th in a row in Saturday’s $250,000 General George (G3).
Aqueduct’s fall meet concludes this weekend, but the winter meets starts right up later next week. The Big A features four graded stakes on Saturday.
Racing in New York never ends, an eternal loop of horses running in circles around Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga.