Saratoga Diary: 2018 Meet Wrap-Up

TwinSpires Staff

September 6th, 2018

Saratoga (c) Spencer Tulis/Horsephotos.com

by Dick Powell

This is a deep dive into the 2018 Saratoga meet for trainers Chad Brown and Todd Pletcher, as well as jockeys Irad Ortiz Jr., Javier Castellano and Jose Ortiz.

CHAD BROWN

I start with Chad Brown and the record-breaking 46 wins he trained. It is in chronological order and gives you an idea of what races he won. Twenty-nine of his wins came on the turf and 23 of them were ridden by Javier Castellano. Surprisingly, Irad Ortiz Jr. was the leading rider this year with 52 wins but only seven of them came riding for Brown. Jose Ortiz fared better as he had 12 winners riding for Brown from his 42 wins. Twenty-seven of his 46 winners were favorites for a win percentage of 58.7 percent and the average win price was $6.76. If you bet $2 on all 171 of his starters, you would have gotten back $310.96 for a marginal loss. Tough to make money betting him to win but very usable in horizontal wagers where you need to take a stand.

Date	Age	Class	Distance	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Odds	fav?
7/20/18	3+	Maid CL 75 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Dominant Strategy	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	4.5	n
7/20/18	2F	MdSpWt NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Drynachan	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.1	y
7/21/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3 TURF	1 3/8 Mi.	Call Provision	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.65	y
7/21/18	3+ F&M	Diana S. G1 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Sistercharlie	Brown Chad	Velazquez John	1.15	y
7/22/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 TURF	1 Mile	Guerriere	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	3.95	n
7/23/18	3+	CL 50 NW3L	1 1/8 Mi.	Ekhtibaar	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.8	y
7/23/18	3+	Maid CL 40	6 Fur.	Shanghai Schwartz	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	4.1	n
7/26/18	3+	Maid CL 20	6 1/2 Fur.	Generalist	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.45	y
7/28/18	3F	Op CL 80 ALW NW1 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Reversethedecision	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.95	y
7/30/18	3+	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X TURF	1 3/8 Mi.	Focus Group	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	3.45	n
8/1/18	3+ F&M	Shine Again S.	7 Fur.	Your Love	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.45	n
8/2/18	3+	MdSpWt TURF	1 Mile	Hizeem	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.65	y
8/3/18	3+	ALW NW1	1 1/8 Mi.	Proven Reserves	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	3.15	n
8/3/18	3	Hall of Fame S. G3 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Raging Bull	Brown Chad	Rosario Joel	2.65	y
8/4/18	3F	Test S. G1	7 Fur.	Separationofpowers	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	2.3	y
8/4/18	3+ F&M	De La Rose S. TURF	1 Mile	Uni	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.6	n
8/5/18	3+	MdSpWt NY	1 1/8 Mi.	Gambler's Fallacy	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.75	n
8/6/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt NY TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Chestnut Street	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.25	y
8/9/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Ticonderoga	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.5	y
8/10/18	3+ F&M	CL 40 NW2L TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Theaterintheround	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	2.45	y
8/11/18	3+	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X	7 Fur.	Patternrecognition	Brown Chad	Saez Luis	2.25	y
8/11/18	2	MdSpWt	7 Fur.	Network Effect	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	8.6	n
8/11/18	3+	Waiver CL 40 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Prognostication	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.4	y
8/12/18	2F	MdSpWt	6 1/2 Fur.	Feedback	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.7	n
8/13/18	2	MdSpWt TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Fog of War	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.4	n
8/15/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X	7 Fur.	No Need to Appeal	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	4.4	n
8/15/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Civil Union	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	4.3	n
8/18/18	2	MdSpWt	7 Fur.	Standard Deviation	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.45	y
8/18/18	3F	Lake Placid S. G2 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Rushing Fall	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.35	y
8/19/18	2F	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Newspaperofrecord	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.5	y
8/19/18	3	Op CL 80 ALW NW1 TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	Admission Office	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	0.8	y
8/22/18	3+	John's Call S NW GS2018 TURF	1 5/8 Mi.	Focus Group	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	4.3	n
8/23/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	6 Fur.	Shanghai Schwartz	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.8	y
8/25/18	3+ F&M	Ballston Spa S. G2 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Quidura	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	3.75	n
8/29/18	2F	MdSpWt NY	6 1/2 Fur.	More Mischief	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	2.3	n
8/29/18	3+	Start ALW 50 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Prognostication	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.35	y
8/30/18	2F	P. G. Johnson S. TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Dogtag	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.15	y
8/31/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	1 1/8 Mi.	Apartfromthecrowd	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.95	y
8/31/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Big Birthday	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.55	y
8/31/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt NY TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Chiclet's Dream	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.45	y
9/1/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3 TURF	1 Mile	Hizeem	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	3.05	n
9/1/18	3	Saranac S. G3 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Raging Bull	Brown Chad	Rosario Joel	2.25	y
9/1/18	2	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Spirit Animal	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.6	n
9/2/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 80 ALW NW1 TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	Mighty Scarlett	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	0.75	y
9/3/18	2	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Complexity	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	0.85	y
9/3/18	3+	CL 40 NW2L TURF	1 Mile	Dominant Strategy	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	3.3	n

TODD PLETCHER

In 2016, Todd Pletcher trained 31 winners to finish second behind Brown. Last year, he won the Saratoga training title back with 40 wins. This year, he only had 19 victories. While it was good enough for second, Brown had more than double the wins that Pletcher had and that was with 50 races coming off the turf. Ten of Pletcher’s 19 wins were ridden by Johnny Velazquez. Eight of the 19 ran for a claiming tag and he only won two graded stakes races -- one on dirt and one on turf. Five of the 19 came on turf and only five were favorites for a win percentage of 26.32 percent. The average win price was $9.94 so if you bet $2 to win on all 128 of Pletcher’s starters, you lost over 26 percent of your bankroll. Any way you slice it, 2018 was not Pletcher’s year and not sure how he turns it around for next year. The upcoming Keeneland September Yearling Sale will be a chance to get some good young stock but the major owners in the sport now seem intent on throwing horses at Brown.

Date	Age	Class	Distance	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Odds	fav?
7/21/18	2	Sanford S. G3	6 Fur.	Sombeyay	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	2.85	y
7/21/18	2F	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Seanow	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	6.4	n
7/22/18	3+	MdSpWt	1 1/8 Mi.	Wooderson	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	7	n
7/23/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40 NY	1 1/8 Mi.	Gabriella	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	2.15	n
7/26/18	2F	MdSpWt	5 1/2 Fur.	Guacamole	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	7	n
7/26/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1	1 1/8 Mi.	Alberobello	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	1.4	y
8/1/18	3+	CL 35 NW3L TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Your Only Man	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	4.3	n
8/3/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt	1 1/8 Mi.	War Value	Pletcher Todd	Franco Manny	2.75	n
8/5/18	3+	CL 32 TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	Master Plan	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	5	n
8/6/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	1 1/8 Mi.	Bon Raison	Pletcher Todd	Saez Luis	2.3	n
8/8/18	3+	CL 14 NW3L	1 1/8 Mi.	Sumner	Pletcher Todd	Saez Luis	1.65	n
8/10/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Amazing Audrey	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	1.3	y
8/12/18	3+	Maid CL 40 NY	7 Fur.	Singapore Trader	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	0.6	y
8/13/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3	1 1/8 Mi.	You're to Blame	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	2.6	n
8/18/18	3+	CL 25	7 Fur.	Driven by Thunder	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	2.45	y
8/19/18	2F	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Two Dozen Roses	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	16.3	n
8/27/18	2	MdSpWt NY	7 Fur.	Just Right	Pletcher Todd	Velazquez John	2.7	n
8/29/18	2	With Anticipation S. G3 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Opry	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	3.9	n
9/2/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	7 Fur.	Ruler of the Nile	Pletcher Todd	Saez Luis	2.8	n

IRAD ORTIZ JR.

The jockey’s race was not as decisive as the trainer’s race but Irad Ortiz Jr. dominated right from the start and never looked back. He rode nine winners for Jason Servis, seven for Chad Brown, five for Rudy Rodriguez and four for Linda Rice. In fact, Irad’s 52 wins came from 25 different trainers – shades of Ramon Dominguez. Amazingly, 26 came on the turf and 26 came on the dirt. Twenty-seven of his wins were favorites and the average win price was $9.20.

Date	Age	Class	Distance	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Odds	fav?
7/21/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3 TURF	1 3/8 Mi.	Call Provision	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.65	y
7/21/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Battle Joined	Hennig Mark	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.2	y
7/22/18	2F	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Chocolate Kisses	Casse Mark	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.1	y
7/22/18	3+	Start ALW 50 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Bam Bam Blu	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.95	n
7/25/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X	6 Fur.	Come Dancing	Martin Carlos	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.3	n
7/26/18	3+	CL 16	1 1/8 Mi.	Brimstone	Rodriguez Rudy	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.5	y
7/27/18	3F	CL 50 TURF	1 Mile	Radiant Beaury	Rodriguez Rudy	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.15	y
7/27/18	3	Curlin S.	1 1/8 Mi.	Hofburg	Mott Bill	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	0.25	y
7/28/18	3F	Op CL 80 ALW NW1 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Reversethedecision	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.95	y
7/29/18	3+ F&M	CL 35 NW3L TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Fast Track Kathryn	Maker Michael	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	7.6	n
7/29/18	2F	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Love my Honey	Maker Michael	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.7	y
7/30/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40 NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Merlins Muse	Donk David	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	6.8	n
8/1/18	3+	ALW NW1 NY TURF	1 Mile	Follow The Signs	Asmussen Steve	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	4.8	n
8/3/18	2F	MdSpWt NY	6 Fur.	She's Trouble	Rice Linda	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	3.2	n
8/3/18	3+	ALW NW1	1 1/8 Mi.	Proven Reserves	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	3.15	n
8/3/18	3	CL 20	6 1/2 Fur.	Regalian	Englehart Chris	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	0.8	y
8/4/18	3+ F&M	De La Rose S. TURF	1 Mile	Uni	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.6	n
8/4/18	3+	Whitney S. G1	1 1/8 Mi.	Diversify	Violette Rick Jr.	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.6	y
8/5/18	3	CL 40	6 Fur.	American Power	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.85	y
8/6/18	3	Cab Calloway NY Stallion Series TURF	1 Mile	Therapist	Clement Christophe	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	0.35	y
8/6/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt NY TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Chestnut Street	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.25	y
8/6/18	2	MdSpWt NY	6 Fur.	Bustin to Be Loved	Contessa Gary	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	19.1	n
8/6/18	3+	Maid CL 25 NY	6 1/2 Fur.	Merger of Banks	Rodriguez Rudy	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.05	y
8/8/18	3	Quick Call S. TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	World of Trouble	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.7	y
8/8/18	3+	Maid CL 25 NY	6 1/2 Fur.	Wild Colonial Boy	Vitali Marcus	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	3.3	n
8/9/18	3	CL 32	7 Fur.	Maimo	Handal Raymond	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	4	n
8/10/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 80 ALW NW3	6 1/2 Fur.	You Know Too	Gorham Michael	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.9	y
8/12/18	2F	MdSpWt	6 1/2 Fur.	Feedback	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.7	n
8/12/18	2	Saratoga Special S. G2	6 1/2 Fur.	Call Paul	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	0.85	y
8/15/18	3+	CL 32	6 Fur.	Still Krz	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.55	y
8/15/18	2F	Bolton Landing S. TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Stillwater Cove	Ward Wesley	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	10.2	n
8/15/18	3+	Waiver CL 75 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Overnight Success	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	4.8	n
8/16/18	3+	Maid CL 40	6 1/2 Fur.	Seauxtale	Moquett Ron	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	11.4	n
8/17/18	3+	Start ALW 50	5 1/2 Fur.	Mesotherm	Gaudet Lacey	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.3	y
8/17/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 NY	5 1/2 Fur.	Pauseforthecause	McLaughlin Kiaran	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	0.9	y
8/17/18	3+	Maid CL 20	6 Fur.	The Chamo	Contessa Gary	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	4.2	n
8/18/18	3+	CL 50	7 Fur.	J S Bach	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.95	n
8/19/18	3+ F&M	CL 25 TURF	1 Mile	Glory to Kitten	Abreu Jorge	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	0.9	y
8/19/18	2F	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Newspaperofrecord	Brown Chad	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.5	y
8/20/18	3+ F&M	CL 35 NW3L TURF	1 Mile	Miko	Rice Linda	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	3.9	n
8/26/18	2F	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Speedy Solution	Ward Wesley	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.65	y
8/26/18	3+ F&M	Start ALW 50	6 Fur.	Curiousncuriouser	Englehart Chris	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.8	n
8/26/18	3+	ALW NW1 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Holiday Bonus	Motion Graham	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	4.4	n
8/27/18	3+	CL 25 NY TURF	1 Mile	Cloontia	Rodriguez Rudy	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	6	n
8/27/18	2F	MdSpWt NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Surge of Pride	Rice Linda	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	3.7	n
8/29/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 NY	6 Fur.	Fair Regis	Falcone Robert, Jr.	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1.15	y
8/30/18	2	MdSpWt NY	5 1/2 Fur.	Poppy's Destiny	Rice Linda	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	5.7	n
8/30/18	3+	MdSpWt NY	6 1/2 Fur.	Suas	Rodriguez Rudy	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.2	y
9/1/18	3+	CL 25 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Dowse's Beach	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	2.25	y
9/2/18	3+ F&M	CL 40 NW2L TURF	1 Mile	Discreet Image	Donk David	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	13.3	n
9/3/18	3+	CL 40 NW2L TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	McErin	Servis Jason	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	1	y
9/3/18	3+	Bernard Baruch H. G2 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Qurbaan	McLaughlin Kiaran	Ortiz, Irad, Jr.	13	n

JAVIER CASTELLANO

Javier Castellano bounced back nicely from a poor 2017 Saratoga meet when he finished fifth with only 29 winners. This year, he was back on his game and finished second with 43 winners from only 206 mounts – 21 percent. Twenty-two of Castellano’s 43 wins came for Chad Brown and five came for Todd Pletcher. Sixteen of the 43 were favorites but the average win price was only $7.46.

Date	Age	Class	Distance	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Odds	fav?
7/20/18	2F	MdSpWt NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Drynachan	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.1	y
7/21/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	War Cabinet	McGaughey Shug	Castellano Javier	2.8	y
7/21/18	2	Sanford S. G3	6 Fur.	Sombeyay	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	2.85	y
7/22/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X TURF	1 Mile	La Moneda	Moseley Patricia	Castellano Javier	1	y
7/22/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 TURF	1 Mile	Guerriere	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	3.95	n
7/23/18	3+	Maid CL 40	6 Fur.	Shanghai Schwartz	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	4.1	n
7/23/18	2	MdSpWt NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Dogout	Rivelli Larry	Castellano Javier	3.7	n
7/23/18	3+	CL 50 NW3L	1 1/8 Mi.	Ekhtibaar	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.8	y
7/26/18	3+	Maid CL 20	6 1/2 Fur.	Generalist	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.45	y
7/28/18	3+	Vanderbilt H. G1	6 Fur.	Imperial Hint	Carvajal Luis, Jr.	Castellano Javier	0.8	y
8/1/18	3+	CL 35 NW3L TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Your Only Man	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	4.3	n
8/1/18	3+ F&M	Shine Again S.	7 Fur.	Your Love	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.45	n
8/2/18	3+	MdSpWt TURF	1 Mile	Hizeem	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.65	y
8/2/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1	6 Fur.	Dream Pauline	McLaughlin Kiaran	Castellano Javier	1.9	y
8/5/18	3+	MdSpWt NY	1 1/8 Mi.	Gambler's Fallacy	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.75	n
8/5/18	3+	CL 32 TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	Master Plan	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	5	n
8/8/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40 NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Ailish	Abreu Jorge	Castellano Javier	2.6	y
8/9/18	2F	MdSpWt NY	7 Fur.	Time Warp	McPeek Ken	Castellano Javier	5.3	n
8/9/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Ticonderoga	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.5	y
8/10/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Amazing Audrey	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	1.3	y
8/11/18	3+	Waiver CL 40 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Prognostication	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.4	y
8/11/18	2	MdSpWt	7 Fur.	Network Effect	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	8.6	n
8/11/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Sister Sophia	Abreu Jorge	Castellano Javier	6.1	n
8/13/18	2	MdSpWt TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Fog of War	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.4	n
8/15/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X	7 Fur.	No Need to Appeal	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	4.4	n
8/15/18	3+	CL 20	1 1/8 Mi.	Turco Bravo	Barrera Oscar III	Castellano Javier	2.55	n
8/18/18	2	MdSpWt	7 Fur.	Standard Deviation	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.45	y
8/18/18	3F	Lake Placid S. G2 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Rushing Fall	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.35	y
8/22/18	3+ F&M	CL 14 NW3L	7 Fur.	Promises Broken	Kenneally Eddie	Castellano Javier	0.45	y
8/22/18	2	MdSpWt	5 1/2 Fur.	Achilles Warrior	Hennig Mark	Castellano Javier	2.85	n
8/23/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	6 Fur.	Shanghai Schwartz	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.8	y
8/24/18	2	Funny Cide S. NY	6 1/2 Fur.	Dugout	Rivelli Larry	Castellano Javier	3	n
8/25/18	3	Travers S. G1	1 1/4 Mi.	Catholic Boy	Thomas Jonathan	Castellano Javier	7.1	n
8/29/18	3+	Start ALW 50 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Prognostication	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.35	y
8/29/18	2	With Anticipation S. G3 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Opry	Pletcher Todd	Castellano Javier	3.9	n
8/30/18	2F	P. G. Johnson S. TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Dogtag	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	1.15	y
8/31/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt NY TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Chiclet's Dream	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.45	y
8/31/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	1 1/8 Mi.	Apartfromthecrowd	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	0.95	y
8/31/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Big Birthday	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.55	y
9/1/18	3+	ALW NW1	1 1/8 Mi.	Weather Wiz	Jerkens James	Castellano Javier	3.35	n
9/1/18	2	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Spirit Animal	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	2.6	n
9/1/18	3+	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X	6 1/2 Fur.	Uno Mas Modelo	Quartarolo Anthony	Castellano Javier	3.35	n
9/1/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3 TURF	1 Mile	Hizeem	Brown Chad	Castellano Javier	3.05	n

JOSE ORTIZ

Jose Ortiz had 58 wins last year but only 42 this year. However, watching day after day, I had the opinion that he was riding better than anyone. But Castellano got most of the Chad Brown business and Jose only won 12 races for the meet’s leading trainer. He won four races for Bruce Levine and three for Jeremiah Englehart. His 42 wins came for 23 different trainers. Twenty-one of his 42 wins came on the turf and the average win price was $8.82. Thirteen of his 42 winners were favorites. When you take into account that his wins were spread out over 23 different trainers and only 13 of his 42 winners were favorites, Jose Ortiz had a better meet than it might have looked.

Date	Age	Class	Distance	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Odds	fav?
7/20/18	3+	Maid CL 75 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Dominant Strategy	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	4.5	n
7/20/18	2F	Schuylerville S. G3	6 Fur.	Catherinethegreat	Casse Mark	Ortiz Jose	3.2	n
7/23/18	3+	Start ALW 50 TURF	1 1/8 Mi.	Indigo Yankee	Wilkes Ian	Ortiz Jose	9.7	n
7/30/18	3+	Op CL 62.5 ALW NW2X TURF	1 3/8 Mi.	Focus Group	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	3.45	n
8/1/18	3+	Maid CL 40 NY TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Ghost Giant	Abreu Jorge	Ortiz Jose	6.2	n
8/2/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Souper Echo	Trombetta Michael	Ortiz Jose	3.15	n
8/4/18	3F	Test S. G1	7 Fur.	Separationofpowers	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	2.3	y
8/4/18	2	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Mucho	Mott Bill	Ortiz Jose	2.35	y
8/5/18	3+	Troy S. G3 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Sandy'z Slew	Englehart Jeremiah	Ortiz Jose	4	n
8/6/18	3+	CL 25 TURF	5 1/2 Fur.	Sheik of Sheiks	Kenneally Eddie	Ortiz Jose	3.35	n
8/8/18	3+	ALW NW1 NY	1 1/8 Mi.	J J's Dreaming	Hennig Mark	Ortiz Jose	1.5	n
8/8/18	2	MdSpWt NY TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Somelikeithowbrown	Maker Michael	Ortiz Jose	5.5	n
8/9/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 40	6 1/2 Fur.	Malarkey	Donk David	Ortiz Jose	2.2	n
8/9/18	3+	CL 16 NW2L	7 Fur.	Potomac	Levine Bruce	Ortiz Jose	1.4	y
8/10/18	3+ F&M	CL 40 NW2L TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Theaterintheround	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	2.45	y
8/12/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 80 ALW NW3	5 1/2 Fur.	Browse	McGaughey Shug	Ortiz Jose	3.35	n
8/13/18	3F	CL 25	6 1/2 Fur.	Karen's Gem	Englehart Jeremiah	Ortiz Jose	2.5	n
8/13/18	3+ F&M	ALW NW1 NY	7 Fur.	Take Charge Aubrey	Levine Bruce	Ortiz Jose	1.15	y
8/15/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Civil Union	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	4.3	n
8/16/18	3+	CL 40 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Souperfast	Rodriguez Rudy	Ortiz Jose	5	n
8/17/18	3+	Maid CL 25 NY	6 Fur.	Giant Boo Boo	Englehart Jeremiah	Ortiz Jose	0.35	y
8/17/18	3+ F&M	Start ALW 50	1 1/8 Mi.	Unbridledadventure	Levine Bruce	Ortiz Jose	1.2	n
8/18/18	3F	Alabama S. G1	1 1/4 Mi.	Eskimo Kisses	McPeek Ken	Ortiz Jose	9	n
8/19/18	3	Op CL 80 ALW NW1 TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	Admission Office	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	0.8	y
8/19/18	3+ F&M	Summer Colony S. NW GS 2018	1 1/8 Mi.	Moonlit Garden	David Chris	Ortiz Jose	2.15	n
8/19/18	3+	Op CL 80 ALW NW3	7 Fur.	Petrov	Moquett Ron	Ortiz Jose	9.7	n
8/22/18	3+	John's Call S. NW Turf GS2018 TURF	1 5/8 Mi.	Focus Group	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	4.3	n
8/22/18	3+ F&M	MdSpWt NY	6 1/2 Fur.	Makin' Out	Levine Bruce	Ortiz Jose	1.25	y
8/23/18	3F	Riskaverse S. NWS>1 Mile TURF	1 Mile	Monte Crista	Trombetta Michael	Ortiz Jose	4.1	n
8/25/18	3+ F&M	Ballston Spa S. G2 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Quidura	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	3.75	n
8/27/18	3+	MdSpWt TURF	1 1/2 Mi.	Winter Union	Matz Michael	Ortiz Jose	6.3	n
8/27/18	3	Better Talk Now S. TURF NWS>1M	1 Mile	Rose's Vision	Simon Stuaart	Ortiz Jose	5.2	n
8/27/18	3+ F&M	Maid CL 75 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Supercommittee	Violette Rick Jr.	Ortiz Jose	0.9	y
8/29/18	2F	MdSpWt NY	6 1/2 Fur.	More Mischief	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	2.3	n
8/30/18	3+ F&M	CL 25 NY	6 1/2 Fur.	Timely Tradition	D'Alessandro Ralph	Ortiz Jose	2.3	y
8/31/18	4+	Lucky Coin S. NWS 2018	5 1/2 Fur.	Extravagant Kid	Walsh Brendan	Ortiz Jose	4.5	n
9/2/18	3+ F&M	Op CL 80 ALW NW1 TURF	1 3/16 Mi.	Mighty Scarlett	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	0.75	y
9/2/18	3	CL 40 TURF	1 1/16 Mi.	Year of the Kitten	Maker Michael	Ortiz Jose	4.2	n
9/2/18	3+	ALW NW1	6 Fur.	Almithmaar	McLaughlin Kiaran	Ortiz Jose	1.45	y
9/3/18	2	MdSpWt	6 Fur.	Complexity	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	0.85	y
9/3/18	3+	CL 40 NW2L TURF	1 Mile	Dominant Strategy	Brown Chad	Ortiz Jose	3.3	n
9/3/18	2	Maid CL 50	6 Fur.	Fly Away Birdie	Casse Mark	Ortiz Jose	3.15	n

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