Since approx. January 1, 2025, John Ortiz has won 41 of 375 races. 11%.

During the 11/6/2025-12/31/2025 Aqueduct meet, his record was 16-8-3-0.

Those pesky Dex positives keep popping up. That vet Rhien knew about SGF1000 popping up as a false positive for Dex in the FBI recording if I recall. A horse named Merneith had a Dex positive. Handal had a Dex problem last year (luckily his was a topical mistakenly administered by a groom). Thank goodness for all the grooms. They work so hard but their backs and legs must hurt from the busses backing up over them when they get thrown under there.

Ortiz is 1 for 22 at the Oaklawn meet.