Five-time Eclipse-winning jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., who just returned Oct. 2 from an ankle injury that kept him from riding for nearly two months, was unseated at the start of Race 9 at Keeneland on Thursday, Oct. 22. The on-site UK HealthCare medical team removed Ortiz, Jr. from the track and evaluated him at First Aid before transferring him to a Lexington-area hospital via stretcher.
Keeneland released the following statement: “[Ortiz, Jr.] is alert and has been transported to the hospital for further evaluation of a possible lower extremity injury.”…